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

                                
                                  Annd all hiss lusst to brinngenn menn
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe rihhte weȝȝe,
                                
                                  To don hemm tunnderrstanndenn wrang
                                
                                  Þe bokess hallȝhe lare.
                                
                                  Forr þær he toc biforenn Crist
                                  Line 11925 
                                
                                  All wrang þe bokess lare,
                                
                                  Forr þatt wass seȝȝd off Cristess þeoww
                                
                                  Þurrh Daviþ þe proféte,
                                
                                  Þatt he droh forþ all alls itt off
                                
                                  Crist sellfenn writenn wære.
                                  Line 11930 
                                
                                  Forr Drihhtin hafeþþ seȝȝd & sett
                                
                                  Onn enngleþeod tatt wikenn,
                                
                                  To ȝemenn & to frofrenn her
                                
                                  Þe Laferrd Cristess þeowwess,
                                
                                  Swa þatt teȝȝ shulenn risenn wel,
                                  Line 11935 
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt iss þatt teȝȝ fallenn
                                
                                  Onn aniȝ wise inn aniȝ woh
                                
                                  Þurrh flæshess unntrummnesse.
                                
                                   [col 292] & nollde nohht te laþe gast
                                
                                  Þær draȝhenn forþ, ne mælenn
                                  Line 11940 
                                
                                  Off þatt tæraffterr sone iss seȝȝd
                                
                                  & writenn off himm sellfenn;
                                
                                  Forr þær iss sett an oþerr ferrs
                                
                                  Þatt spekeþþ off þe deofell,
                                
                                  Þatt Godess þeowwess gan onn himm
                                  Line 11945 
                                
                                  & tredenn himm wiþþ fote,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt teȝȝ stanndenn stallwurrþliȝ
                                
                                  Ȝæn all þe deofless wille

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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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