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

                                
                                  O Godess hallfe, i Godess hus
                                
                                  Till Godess leode spellenn,
                                
                                  Nu — whase itt iss þatt nohht niss off
                                
                                  To tăkenn wiþþ þatt lare,
                                  Line 11720 
                                
                                  Þatt mann iss all swa shadd fra Godd,
                                
                                  & dæd inn all hiss sawle.
                                
                                  Forr ȝuw birrþ herrcnenn Godess word
                                
                                  & haldenn itt & follȝhenn,
                                
                                  & ȝarrkenn ȝuw & clennsenn ȝuw
                                  Line 11725 
                                
                                  Well ȝeorne onn alle wise,
                                
                                  Swa þatt ȝe Cristess flæsh & blod
                                
                                  Swa motenn unnderrfanngenn,
                                
                                  Þatt itt ȝuw muȝhe berrȝhenn her
                                
                                  Þe lif & ec þe sawle.
                                  Line 11730 
                                
                                  & forrþi þatt te Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Swillc sware ȝaff þe deofell,
                                
                                  Þatt he ne wisste nohht te bett
                                
                                  Ne nohht te mare off Criste,
                                
                                  Þe deofell brohhte himm, alls uss seȝȝþ
                                  Line 11735 
                                
                                  Maþþew þe Goddspellwrihhte,
                                
                                  Inntill þe burrh off Ȝerrsalæm,
                                
                                  & brohhte himm o þe temmple,
                                
                                  & sette himm heȝhe uppo þe rof
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn bi þe waȝhe,
                                  Line 11740 
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde himm fandenn þær,
                                
                                  To wi˘tenn whatt he wære.
                                
                                  Acc ȝuw birrþ wi˘tenn, alls uss seȝȝþ
                                
                                  Lucas þe Goddspellwrihhte,
                                
                                  Þatt ure Laferrd Jesu Crist
                                  Line 11745 
                                
                                  Wass brohht uppo þe lawe

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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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