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

                                
                                  Þatt follc, þatt follȝheþþ Crisstenndom,
                                
                                  & Cristess laȝhess haldeþþ·
                                
                                  & forrþi le¯¯t te Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 11100 
                                
                                  Bilimmpenn þa þreo þingess
                                
                                  Aȝȝ o þe ȝer uppo þatt daȝȝ
                                
                                  Þatt twellfte daȝȝ iss nemmnedd;
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde shæwenn swa
                                
                                  Himm sellf þurrh þa þreo þingess,
                                  Line 11105 
                                
                                  Þatt ta þatt turrnenn hemm till Crist,
                                
                                  To wurrþenn hise þeowwess,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ unnderrfon att Crist anan
                                
                                  Þe rihhte læfess steorrne,
                                
                                  To ledenn hemm till Cristess hus,
                                  Line 11110 
                                
                                  Till Cristess hallȝhe genge,
                                
                                  Forr tunnderrfanngenn Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & fulluhht unnderr Criste,
                                
                                  & forr to leornenn Godess boc
                                
                                  Gastlike tunnderrstanndenn,
                                  Line 11115 
                                
                                  & forr to drinnkenn gastliȝ witt
                                
                                  U¯¯t off stafflike fe¯¯tless,
                                
                                  Swa summ itt wære winess drinnch
                                
                                  Þatt wære off waterr wharrfedd,
                                
                                  Þatt drinnch þatt turrneþþ þeȝȝre þohht
                                  Line 11120 
                                
                                  Þurrh haliȝ drunnkennesse
                                
                                  All fra þe weorrldess lufe & lusst,
                                
                                  & fra þe flæshess wille,
                                
                                  To follȝhenn aȝȝ anwherrfeddleȝȝc
                                
                                  To winnenn Cristess áre.
                                  Line 11125 
                                
                                  & 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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