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

                                
                                  & tatt he toc þatt wikenn þohh
                                
                                  Þa siþþenn, whanne he wisste
                                
                                  Þatt ure Laferrd wollde swa
                                
                                  Illc rihhtwisnesse fillenn,
                                
                                  Þatt wass, witt tu to fulle soþ,
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                                  Fullfremedd herrsummnesse.
                                
                                  & tatt comm wel, forr nowwþerr mahht
                                
                                  Off þise tweȝȝenn mahhtess
                                
                                  Niss god inoh, ȝiff þatt itt iss
                                
                                  All shadd u¯¯t fra þatt oþerr;
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                                  Forr herrsummnesse iss all unnstrang
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn soþ meocnesse,
                                
                                  & illc meocnesse iss ellennlæs
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn herrsummnesse.
                                
                                  Crist seȝȝde þatt he shollde þær
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                                  Illc rihhtwisnesse fillenn,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt he shollde fullhtnedd beon
                                
                                  Att Sannt Johaness hande,
                                
                                  To ȝifenn þurrh himm sellfenn swa
                                
                                  Off soþ meocnesse bisne;
                                  Line 10915 
                                
                                  Forr niss nan rihhtwisnesse full
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn soþ meocnesse.
                                
                                  & ec forrþi þatt whase onnfoþ
                                
                                  Fulluhht wiþþ soþ meocnesse,
                                
                                  I Cristess hus, att Cristess þeoww,
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                                  To follȝhenn Cristess lare,
                                
                                  He doþ himm i þe rihhte stih
                                
                                  Off iwhillc rihhtwisnesse;
                                
                                  Forr att te funnt biginneþþ all
                                
                                  Þatt hallȝhe rihhtwisnesse,

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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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