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

                                
                                  & þohhte þatt he nære Godd,
                                
                                  Acc mann i sinne strenedd.
                                
                                  & forrþi wass þe laþe gast
                                
                                  Orraþ off Cristess kinde,
                                  Line 12445 
                                
                                  Forr þatt he sahh himm fasstenn þær
                                
                                  Swa summ he mann ne wære,
                                
                                  & sahh himm ben forrhunngredd tær
                                
                                  Swa summ he Godd ne wære;
                                
                                  & nisste nohht te laþe gast
                                  Line 12450 
                                
                                  Þatt Jesu Crist wass baþe,
                                
                                  Soþ Godd i mennisscnesse, & ec
                                
                                  Soþ mann i Goddcunndnesse,
                                
                                  & himm wass swiþe wa forrþi,
                                
                                  & þohhte þatt he wollde
                                  Line 12455 
                                
                                  Þa fandenn Crist wiþþ deofless crafft,
                                
                                  To witenn whatt he wære.
                                
                                  & Crist ta le¯¯t himm fandenn himm,
                                
                                   [col 305] Swa summ ȝe littlær herrdenn,
                                
                                  Þurrh whatt he toc to wenenn þa
                                  Line 12460 
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass Godd onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt he sahh þatt Crist wiþþstod
                                
                                  Ȝæn all hiss laþe wille,
                                
                                  Swa þatt he nohht off all hiss ræd
                                
                                  Ne mihhte himm don to follȝhenn.
                                  Line 12465 
                                
                                  & tærþurrh ure Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  All oferrcomm þe deofell,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt he þweorrt u¯¯t all forrsoc
                                
                                  To don ohht off hiss 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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