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

                                
                                  Forr all biforenn Moysæn
                                  Line 14180 
                                
                                  Wass all þe firrste dale;
                                
                                  & unnderr Moysæsess æ
                                
                                  Wass all þatt oderr dale;
                                
                                  & unnderr Crist i Crisstenndom
                                
                                  Iss all þe þridde dale.
                                  Line 14185 
                                
                                  & all þiss þridde dale wass
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt bridale tacnedd
                                
                                  Þatt o þe þridde daȝȝ wass sett,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ·
                                
                                  & ure Laferrd Crist comm ec
                                  Line 14190 
                                
                                  Till þatt bridaless sæte
                                
                                  Þatt wass i Cana Galile,
                                
                                  To don uss tunnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  Þatt all hiss aȝhenn hallȝhe brid
                                
                                  Inn all þiss þridde time
                                  Line 14195 
                                
                                  Wiþþ wallha¯¯t herrtess lufe & lusst
                                
                                  Himm shollde lefliȝ þewwtenn,
                                
                                  & ferrsenn aȝȝ all hire lif
                                
                                  Frawarrd te defless wille
                                
                                  & towarrd hire Laferrd Crist,
                                  Line 14200 
                                
                                  To follȝhenn all hiss lare
                                
                                  Wiþþ clene þohht, wiþþ clene word,
                                
                                  Wiþþ clene læfe & dede.
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þu Cana Galile
                                
                                  Till Ennglissh spæche turrnesst,
                                  Line 14205 
                                
                                  Þa tacneþþ itt ha¯¯t herrtess lusst,
                                
                                  To ferrsenn & to flittenn
                                
                                  Fra woh till rihht, fra læs till soþ,
                                
                                  Fra sinne till dædbote.

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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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