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

                                
                                  Forr icc amm Godess Sune Crist
                                
                                  Þin Shippennd & tin Laferrd,
                                
                                  Forr I þe shop off nohht, & tu
                                
                                  Arrt all i mine walde,
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                                  & nohht ne birrþ þe fandenn me
                                
                                  Þurrh þine laþe wiless.
                                
                                  & mann maȝȝ unnderrstanndenn itt
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t onn an oþerr wise,
                                
                                  Alls iff þe Laferrd ȝæfe þuss
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                                  Anndswere onnȝæn þe deofell;
                                
                                  Ne wile I nohht, tu laþe gast,
                                
                                  Don affterr þatt tu læresst,
                                
                                  Ne wile I nohht fandenn min Godd
                                
                                  Þatt amm hiss mann, hiss shaffte,
                                  Line 12020 
                                
                                  Forr all mannkinn forrbodenn iss
                                
                                  To fandenn Godess mahhte.
                                
                                  & wel þe Laferrd mihhte þuss
                                
                                  Anndswerenn off himm sellfenn,
                                
                                  Forr þurrh þatt he wass wurrþenn mann
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                                  Off ure laffdiȝ Marȝe,
                                
                                  Þærþurrh wass alle shaffte Godd
                                
                                  Hiss Godd, & ec hiss Laferrd,
                                
                                  & nollde he nohht fandenn hiss Godd,
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff he wollde læpenn
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                                  Dun off þe temmple he munnde þær
                                
                                  Tobrisenn all himm sellfenn,
                                
                                  Butt iff þatt Godd himm hullpe þær,
                                
                                  & helde himm þær to life,
                                
                                  & nollde he nohht swa fandenn Godd
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                                  To don 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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