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

                                
                                  & wissenn hemm, & ȝemenn hemm
                                
                                  Fra deofless & fra sinness
                                  Line 11245 
                                
                                  Her i þiss middellærdess lif,
                                
                                  Þatt full wel iss bitacnedd
                                
                                  Þurrh tale & rime off fowwerrtiȝ,
                                
                                  Off fowwerr siþe tene.
                                
                                  Forr all þiss middell ærdess ald
                                  Line 11250 
                                
                                  Eorneþþ aȝȝ forþ wiþþ ȝeress,
                                
                                  & illc an ȝer himm sellf iss all
                                
                                  O fowwre daless dæledd,
                                
                                  O sumerr, & onn herrfessttid,
                                
                                  O winnterr, & o lenntenn.
                                  Line 11255 
                                
                                  & all þiss middellærd iss ec
                                
                                  O fowwre daless dæledd,
                                
                                  Onn œst, o Wesst, o Suþ, o Norrþ,
                                
                                  Þiss wast tu wel to soþe.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu takesst onn att an
                                  Line 11260 
                                
                                  & tellesst forþ till fowwre,
                                
                                  Þa riseþþ upp þin tale anan
                                
                                  Inntill þe tale off tene;
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þu sammnesst twa till an,
                                
                                  Þu findesst þreo togeddre,
                                  Line 11265 
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu sammnesst þreo till þreo,
                                
                                  Þa findesst tu þær sexe,
                                
                                   [col 276] & ȝiff þu dost fowwre þerrto
                                
                                  Þa findesst tu þær tene,
                                
                                  Forr sexe & fowwre fillenn all
                                  Line 11270 
                                
                                  Þe fulle tale off tene.

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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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