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

                                
                                  Affterr þatt sume wise menn
                                
                                  O lare itt unnderrstanndenn.
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                                  & he biginneþþ Cristess kinn
                                
                                  To reccnenn & to rimenn
                                
                                  Att Abraham, & reccneþþ aȝȝ
                                
                                  Dunnwarrd fra mann to manne,
                                
                                  Till þatt he cumeþþ till Josæp
                                  Line 11220 
                                
                                  Þatt wass wiþþ Sannte Marȝe
                                
                                  Weddedd, to fosstrenn hire child
                                
                                  & hire sellfenn baþe;
                                
                                  Acc ȝho wass æfre clene off himm,
                                
                                  & æfre maȝȝdenn clene.
                                  Line 11225 
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt tatt uss reccneþþ swa
                                
                                  Maþeow þe Goddspellwrihhte
                                
                                  Dunnwarrd te Laferrd Cristess kinn,
                                
                                  Þærþurrh iss uss bitacnedd,
                                
                                  Þatt Crist comm u¯¯t off heoffne dun,
                                  Line 11230 
                                
                                  To wurrþenn mann onn eorþe,
                                
                                  To lesenn mannkinn þurrh hiss dæþ
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe deofless walde,
                                
                                  & forr to chesenn himm an follc
                                
                                  Off all mannkinn onn eorþe,
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                                  Þatt shollde beon hiss aȝhenn hird
                                
                                  & himm all þweorrt út cweme,
                                
                                  Þurrh fulluhht & þurrh Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & þurrh þe rihhte læfe,
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt tatt teȝȝ sholldenn himm
                                  Line 11240 
                                
                                  Þweorrt u¯¯t tocweme þeowwtenn
                                
                                  Her i þiss middellærdess lif,
                                
                                  & he þeȝȝm shollde frofrenn,

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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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