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

                                
                                  & aȝȝ he fandeþþ Cristess hird
                                
                                  O þise þrinne wise,
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þatt he þe nohht ne maȝȝ
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                                  Þurrh gluterrnesse swennchenn,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt tu lufesst mett & mæþ
                                
                                  I claþess & i fode,
                                
                                  & i þin herrtess lufe & lusst
                                
                                  To winnenn eorþlic ahhte,
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                                  He cunneþþ þa to fandenn þe
                                
                                  O grediȝnessess hallfe,
                                
                                  He cunneþþ þa to lærenn þe
                                
                                  To nittenn swiþe litell,
                                
                                  & grediȝliȝ to sammnenn all
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                                  & hordenn þatt tu winnesst,
                                
                                  & læ¯tenn þatt tu cwemesst Godd
                                
                                  U¯¯tnumennliȝ wiþþ alle,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt tatt tu forrwerrpesst all
                                
                                   [col 302] To follȝhenn gluterrnesse.
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                                  & ȝiff he brinngeþþ i þin lusst
                                
                                  Hiss wille swa to follȝhenn,
                                
                                  Þanne arrt tu swa bikahht þurrh himm
                                
                                  Þohh þatt tu swa ne wene;
                                
                                  Forr allse unncweme iss Godd tatt tu
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                                  Þurrh grediȝnesse gillte,
                                
                                  Alls himm iss, ȝiff þu gilltesst her
                                
                                  Ȝæn himm þurrh gluterrnesse.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þatt tu þe ȝemesst wel
                                
                                  Þurrh þin Drihhtiness hellpe

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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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