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

                                
                                  Þær læh þe deofell witerrliȝ,
                                
                                  Forr naffþ he rihht nan mahhte
                                
                                  Nowwþerr, noff Cristess hallȝhe þeod,
                                
                                  Noff Cristess þeodess ahhte,
                                
                                  Bu¯¯tt iff þatt Crist himm ȝife mahht
                                  Line 12215 
                                
                                  To swennchenn Cristess þeowwess;
                                
                                  & ȝiff Crist ȝifeþþ himm þatt mahht
                                
                                   [Coll. 297-300 wanting.] . . . . .
                                
                                   [col 301] Oþþr itt iss, þatt witt tu full wel,
                                
                                  Þiss lifess modiȝnesse.
                                
                                  Þe flæshess fule lufe & lusst
                                  Line 12220 
                                
                                  Her tacneþþ gluterrnesse,
                                
                                  Forr all þe flæshess fule lusst
                                
                                  Waccneþþ þurrh gluterrnesse.
                                
                                  & ehne laþe lufe & lusst
                                
                                  Her tacneþþ grediȝnesse,
                                  Line 12225 
                                
                                  Forr all þatt æfre iss i þin fe,
                                
                                  Þatt liþ inn hord all stille,
                                
                                  Swa þatt tu nohht ne notesst itt
                                
                                  Att naness kinness nede,
                                
                                  All þatt tu sammness i þin hord
                                  Line 12230 
                                
                                  Þurrh sinnfull grediȝnesse,
                                
                                  & doþ itt te nan oþerr god
                                
                                  Bu¯¯tan þatt tatt tu gowesst
                                
                                  Þæronne þa þu gast tærto,
                                
                                  Forr þatt te lisste itt shæwenn.
                                  Line 12235 
                                
                                  & witt tu þatt tu¯¯t hafesst all
                                
                                  Sett i þe deofless walde,

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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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