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

                                
                                  Forr swa to turrnenn all þe boc
                                  Line 14240 
                                
                                  Till þeȝȝre grediȝnesse,
                                
                                  Swa þatt teȝȝ mihhtenn spedenn wel
                                
                                  To winnenn erþlic ahhte.
                                
                                  & swa wass all þe gastliȝ witt
                                
                                  Off Godess lare cwennkedd
                                  Line 14245 
                                
                                  Þatt time þatt te Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Wass cumenn her to manne,
                                
                                  Till þiss bridale off Crisstenndom
                                
                                  Þatt he comm her to settenn,
                                
                                  All swa summ þeȝȝre win wass gan
                                  Line 14250 
                                
                                  Att tatt bridaless sæte,
                                
                                   [col 334] Þatt tíme þatt Crist comm þærto
                                
                                  Wiþþ hise Lerninngcnihhtess.
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt tatt te Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Att tatt bridaless sæte
                                  Line 14255 
                                
                                  Hemm turrnde waterr inntill win
                                
                                  Þurrh hiss goddcunnde mahhte,
                                
                                  Þærþurrh wass uss bitacnedd ta
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass cumenn þanne,
                                
                                  To don mannkinn þatt hallȝhe boc
                                  Line 14260 
                                
                                  Gastlike tunnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  Þatt ær forrlannge writenn pass
                                
                                  Off himm & off hiss come.
                                
                                  Forr all biforenn þatt Crist wass
                                
                                  Her borenn uss to manne
                                  Line 14265 
                                
                                  All wass he dærne, & hidd, & all
                                
                                  Bilokenn & bilappedd

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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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