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

                                
                                  & all allswa maȝȝ Cristess þeoww
                                  Line 12470 
                                
                                  Wel oferrcumenn deofell,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt he þwerrt u¯¯t all forrseoþ
                                
                                  To don ohht off hiss wille.
                                
                                  Þe deofell comm to fandenn Crist,
                                
                                  Swa summ ȝe littlær herrdenn,
                                  Line 12475 
                                
                                  To cunnenn to biswikenn himm
                                
                                  All o þatt illke wise
                                
                                  Þatt he biswac þa firrste twa
                                
                                  Þatt Drihhtin shop off eorþe.
                                
                                  Acc Jesu Crist himm oferrcomm
                                  Line 12480 
                                
                                  All o þatt illke wise,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt he stod onnȝæness himm,
                                
                                  & all forrwarrp hiss lare.
                                
                                  Þe deofell comm to wundenn Crist
                                
                                  Þurrh gluterrnessess wæpenn,
                                  Line 12485 
                                
                                  I þatt he wollde himm brinngenn onn
                                
                                  To makenn bræd off staness;
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt tatt te Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Wiþþstod onnȝæn hiss wille,
                                
                                  Swa þatt he nollde makenn bræd,
                                  Line 12490 
                                
                                  Swa summ he badd — off staness,
                                
                                  Þærþurrh þe Laferrd oferrcomm
                                
                                  & oferrtradd te deofell,
                                
                                  Rihht swa summ he þe forrme mann
                                
                                  œr oferrcumenn haffde.
                                  Line 12495 
                                
                                  Þe deofell comm to wundenn Crist
                                
                                  Þurrh grediȝnessess wæpenn,
                                
                                  I þatt he wollde himm brinngenn onn
                                
                                  To ȝeornenn affterr ahhte;

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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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