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

                                
                                  Þatt mannkinn shollde lesedd beon
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe deoffless walde,
                                
                                  & turrnedd till þe Crisstenndom,
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                                  & till þe rihhte læfe,
                                
                                  To winnenn lott þurrh haliȝ lif
                                
                                  Off heofennrichess blisse.
                                
                                  & he wass ec forrhunngredd ta,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde shæwenn
                                  Line 11580 
                                
                                  Þatt he wass mann o moderr hallf
                                
                                  Þatt haffde ned to fode.
                                
                                  & he wass ec forrhunngredd ta,
                                
                                  Forr þatt te deofell shollde
                                
                                  Wel wenenn þatt he wære mann,
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                                  Swa þatt he Godd ne wære.
                                
                                  & forrþi toc þe laþe gast
                                
                                  To fandenn Crist i wesste,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he warrþ orrtrowwe off Crist
                                
                                  Þurrh niþfull modiȝnesse,
                                  Line 11590 
                                
                                  Forr þatt he sahh himm usell wihht
                                
                                  Inn ure mennisscnesse,
                                
                                  Forr whatt he le¯¯t full hæþeliȝ
                                
                                  To lefenn & to trowwenn,
                                
                                  Þatt swillc an shollde muȝhenn beon
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                                  Shippennd off alle shaffte;
                                
                                  & forrþi wollde he fandenn himm,
                                
                                  To cunnenn ȝiff he mihhte
                                
                                  Onn aniȝ wise wurrþenn wis
                                
                                  To witenn whatt he wære.
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                                  & he comm þa biforenn Crist
                                
                                  Inn aness weress heowe,

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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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