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

                                
                                  Þatt wass forr to bitacnenn uss,
                                
                                  Þatt ure Laferrd shollde
                                
                                  Þa newenn gan fra land to land
                                
                                  Þurrh hise Leorninngcnihhtess,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt teȝȝ sholldenn all þurrh gan
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                                  Þiss middellærd to spellenn
                                
                                  Off himm, & off hiss hallȝhe mahht,
                                
                                  & off hiss Goddcunndnesse,
                                
                                  To turrnenn follc till Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & till þe rihhte læfe.
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                                  Þa twa þatt stodenn bi Johan
                                
                                  Off hise Lerninngcnihhtess,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ tacnenn uss þurrh þeȝȝre stall
                                
                                  Þatt baþe wærenn gode,
                                
                                  Þatt baþe stodenn wel onnȝæn
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                                  Þe laþe gastess wille,
                                
                                  Þatt nowwþerr þeȝȝre nohht ne laȝȝ
                                
                                  I nane depe sinness,
                                
                                  & ec þatt eȝȝþerr þeȝȝre wass
                                
                                  Off soþfasst lufe filledd,
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                                  Forrþi þatt soþfasst lufess mahht,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt itt shall beon haldenn,
                                
                                  Att tallre læste mo¯¯t itt ben
                                
                                  Bitwenenn twa menn fundenn,
                                
                                  Forr niss þatt forr nan lufe tald
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                                  Þatt mann iss hold himm sellfenn.
                                
                                  Þatt Johan seȝȝde þuss off Crist
                                
                                  Till hise Leorninngcnihhtess,
                                
                                  Loc, here iss Godess Lamb, þatt wass
                                
                                  Alls iff he þuss hemm seȝȝde;

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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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