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

                                
                                  Forr Galileo bitacneþþ uss
                                  Line 10780 
                                
                                  Flitttinng onn Ennglissh spæche.
                                
                                  & Crist comm inntill flumm Jorrdan
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde tacnenn,
                                
                                  Þatt iwhillc mann þatt unnderr Crist
                                
                                  Iss laȝhelike fullhtnedd
                                  Line 10785 
                                
                                  Birrþ stiȝhenn dun fra þeþennforþ
                                
                                  Off modiȝnessess lawe,
                                
                                  & laȝhenn himm ȝæn iwhillc mann,
                                
                                  To shæwenn soþ meocnesse.
                                
                                   [col 269] Forr whase itt iss þatt stiȝheþþ dun
                                  Line 10790 
                                
                                  Þiss gate off modiȝnesse,
                                
                                  He filleþþ inn himm sellfenn þatt
                                
                                  Þatt þurrh Jorrdan iss tacnedd.
                                
                                  Forr þurrh Jorrdan, þatt witt tu wel,
                                
                                  Iss dunstiȝhinng bitacnedd.
                                  Line 10795 
                                
                                  & Crist wass fullhtnedd att Johan,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde shæwenn
                                
                                  Þatt Sannt Johaness fullhtninng wass
                                
                                  Halsumm & god to fanngenn;
                                
                                  Forr itt wass ȝarrkinng ȝæn fulluhht
                                  Line 10800 
                                
                                  Þatt Crist sellf shollde settenn.
                                
                                  & Crist wass fullhtnedd i þe flumm,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde uss hallȝhenn
                                
                                  Þe waterr þurrh hiss hallȝhe lic
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt itt comm þærinne.
                                  Line 10805 
                                
                                  & Crist wass fullhtnedd att te flumm,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde shæwenn,

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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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