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

                                
                                  I Crisstenndom iss æþ to sen
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                                  Hu mann maȝȝ Drihhtin cwemenn,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt mann wile nimenn gom
                                
                                  Whatt stannt o Godess lare;
                                
                                  Forr boc uss biddeþþ aȝȝ don god
                                
                                  & ifell aȝȝ forrbuȝhenn,
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                                  & baþe forr þe lufe off Godd,
                                
                                  & nohht forr eorþliȝ mede.
                                
                                  & ec iss lihht i Crisstenndom
                                
                                  To sen & tunnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  Whær mann maȝȝ findenn alle þa
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                                  Þatt þewwtenn Godd tocweme;
                                
                                  I Crisstenndom mann findenn maȝȝ
                                
                                  Hemm alle, & nowwhar elless,
                                
                                  Forr niss nan oþerr kinness lif
                                
                                  Þatt addleþþ eche blisse.
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                                  & ec mann maȝȝ i Crisstenndom
                                
                                  Aȝȝ summwhatt unnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  O whillke wise Crist iss an
                                
                                  I kinde & ec i mahhte,
                                
                                  Allwældennd Godd wiþþ Haliȝ Gast
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                                  & wiþþ hiss Faderr baþe.
                                
                                  Þiss maȝȝ mann unnderr Crisstenndom
                                
                                  Aȝȝ summwhatt unnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  Affterr þatt eorþliȝ manness witt
                                
                                  Maȝȝ cnawenn Godess kinde.
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                                  & teȝȝ þa ȝedenn forþ wiþþ Crist
                                
                                  & didenn alls he seȝȝde,
                                
                                  To lokenn whære he wass att inn
                                
                                  & whære he wass att hame.

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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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