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

                                  
                                    To lokenn whatt itt læreþþ uss
                                  
                                    Off ure sawless nede.

                                  
                                    Þatt ure Laferrd Jesu Crist,
                                  
                                    Forrþrihht summ he wass fullhtnedd,
                                  
                                    Wass ledd u¯¯t inntill wessteland
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                                    Þurrh Gast, forr þatt he shollde
                                  
                                    Beon fandedd þurrh þe laþe gast
                                  
                                    Þær þær he wollde fasstenn,
                                  
                                    All þatt wass don þurrh Jesu Crist,
                                  
                                    Forr mikell þing to tacnenn;
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                                    Acc ȝuw birrþ witenn witerrliȝ
                                  
                                    & sikerrlike trowwenn,
                                  
                                    Þatt he wass ledd þurrh Haliȝ Gast
                                  
                                    & þurrh hiss aȝhenn wille
                                  
                                    U¯¯t inntill wilde & wessteland,
                                    Line 11415 
                                  
                                    To beon þurrh deofell fandedd;
                                  
                                    Forr þatt he wollde shæwenn swa
                                  
                                    All mannkinn þurrh hiss bisne
                                  
                                    Hu Cristess hird — Crisstene follc
                                  
                                    Birrþ fihhtenn ȝæn þe deofell,
                                    Line 11420 
                                  
                                    To winnenn síȝe & oferrhannd
                                  
                                    Off himm þurrh Cristess hellpe.
                                  
                                    Crist for u¯¯t inntill wessteland
                                  
                                    Forrþrihht summ he wass fullhtnedd,
                                  
                                    To tacnenn swa þatt Cristess þeoww,
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                                    Forrþrihht summ he beoþ fullhtnedd,
                                  
                                    Birrþ weorelldshipess seollþe flen,
                                  
                                    & flæshess lusst forrwerrpenn,

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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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