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

                                
                                  Þærþurrh himm oferrcomm þe fend
                                
                                  Wiþþ grediȝnessess wæpenn.
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                                  Þurrh modiȝnesse wass Adam
                                
                                  I Paradys þurrhwundedd,
                                
                                  I þatt he toc wel wiþþ þatt word
                                
                                  Þatt himm þe deofell seȝȝde,
                                
                                  Þær þær þe deofell seȝȝde þuss
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                                  Till himm & till hiss macche;
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt ȝitt etenn off þatt tre
                                
                                  Þatt Drihhtin ȝunnc forrbedeþþ,
                                
                                  Ȝitt shulenn ben forrþrihht anan
                                
                                  Wiþþ enngless efennméte.
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                                  & forrþi þatt teȝȝ ȝeorrndenn þa
                                
                                  Þurrh sinnfull modiȝnesse
                                
                                  To winnenn þurrh þe laþe gast
                                
                                  Wurrþminnt ȝæn Godess wille,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ didenn þatt te defell badd,
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                                  & fellenn inn hiss walde.
                                
                                  Forr þurrh þatt tatt teȝȝ wolldenn ba
                                
                                  Ȝæn Godd wurrshipe winnenn,
                                
                                  Þærþurrh hemm oferrcomm þe fend
                                
                                  Wiþþ modiȝnessess wæpenn.
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                                  Þuss oferrcomm þe laþe gast
                                
                                  Adam & Eve baþe,
                                
                                  Þurrh gluterrnessess laþe lasst,
                                
                                  & ec þurrh grediȝnesse,
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt laþe modiȝleȝȝc
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                                  Þatt all comm off himm sellfenn.
                                
                                  Forr þurrh þatt þatt teȝȝ tokenn wel
                                
                                  Wiþþ hiss unnfæle lare,

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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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