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

                                  
                                    To cumenn till þe flumm till himm,
                                  
                                    & Sannt Johan Bapptisste
                                  
                                    Itt wisste wel, & cneow himm wel,
                                  
                                    & seȝȝde to þe leode;
                                  
                                    Her stannt swillc an bitwenenn ȝuw
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                                    Þatt ȝure nan ne cnaweþþ,
                                  
                                    Till whamm icc namm nohht god inoh
                                  
                                    Hiss shoþwang forr tunnbindenn,
                                  
                                    & he shall newenn cumenn forþ,
                                  
                                    & he shall newenn fullhtnenn,
                                    Line 12705 
                                  
                                    Þurrh Haliȝ Gast & haliȝ fir
                                  
                                    To clennsenn ȝuw off sinness.
                                  
                                    Þiss seȝȝde he till þe follc off Crist
                                  
                                    Biforr þatt Crist wass fullhtnedd,
                                  
                                    & herþurrh maȝȝ mann sen full wel
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                                    Þatt he cneow Crist tatt time.
                                  
                                    Acc uss birrþ wi˘tenn þatt he cneow
                                  
                                    Þe Laferrd i þatt time
                                  
                                    Off summ whatt ohht, off summ whatt nohht,
                                  
                                    Biforr þatt he wass fullhtnedd.
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                                    He cneow þatt tíme Crist off þatt,
                                  
                                    Þatt he wass Godd off heoffne,
                                  
                                    & mann onn eorþe o moderrhallf,
                                  
                                    Acc all wiþþutenn sinne. [. . . . .]

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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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