The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.

                                
                                  & tiss meocnesse iss oferrmett
                                  Line 10720 
                                
                                  Swa þatt itt oferrfloweþþ,
                                
                                  & itt iss mare þann inoh,
                                
                                  Ȝiff icc itt durrste seggenn.
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t iss meocnesse off mare mahht,
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t maȝȝ ȝho mare forþenn,
                                  Line 10725 
                                
                                  & ȝho doþ Cristess hallȝhe þeoww
                                
                                  To laȝhenn himm ȝe¯¯ mare;
                                
                                  Forr ȝho doþ þe to settenn þe
                                
                                  Bineþenn þine lahȝhre,
                                
                                  To lutenn hemm, to lefftenn hemm,
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                                  To þeowwtenn hemm tocweme.
                                
                                  Þiss iss þe þridde ki˘ne mahht
                                
                                  Þatt soþ meocnesse shæweþþ,
                                
                                  Þiss iss þe þridde, & itt iss mast
                                
                                  & heȝhesst off hemm alle;
                                  Line 10735 
                                
                                  Forr niss nan mann þatt æfre maȝȝ
                                
                                  Meocnesse mare shæwenn
                                
                                  Þann he doþ, whase laȝheþþ himm
                                
                                  Bineþenn hise lahȝhre,
                                
                                  & luteþþ hemm, & leffteþþ hemm,
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                                  & þeowwteþþ hemm tocweme,
                                
                                  Nohht forr þe lufe off eorþliȝ loff
                                
                                  Acc forr þe lufe off Criste.
                                
                                  & ȝiff icc fillenn maȝȝ þiss mahht
                                
                                  Þatt mast iss off hemm alle,
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                                  Þa maȝȝ icc fillenn þoþre twa,
                                
                                  Forr baþe sinndenn lahȝhre,
                                
                                  Alls iff icc fede twenntiȝ menn,
                                
                                  Icc fede téne & fife.

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Title: The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
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Publication: Oxford :: At the Clarendon Press,; 1878.

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