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

                                
                                  Swa þatt itt nohht ne cnew soþ Godd,
                                
                                  Ne nohht off himm ne rohhte.
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                                  & forr þatt Drihhtin ræw off mann
                                
                                  Þatt swa wass þa forrblendedd,
                                
                                  He sennde hiss aȝhenn Sune dun,
                                
                                  To wurrþenn mann onn erþe,
                                
                                  To ȝifenn mannkinn gastliȝ lihht
                                  Line 14330 
                                
                                  & gastliȝ wittess leme,
                                
                                  & gastliȝ laress winess drinnch
                                
                                  & gastliȝ drunnkennesse,
                                
                                  To follȝhenn aȝȝ anwherrfeddleȝȝc
                                
                                  To winnenn heffness blisse.
                                  Line 14335 
                                
                                  Þatt ure Laferrd Jesu Crist
                                
                                  Þær seȝȝde till hiss moderr;
                                
                                  Whatt falleþþ þiss till me wiþþ þe,
                                
                                  Wifmann, þiss þatt tu mælesst?
                                
                                  Þatt he spacc till hiss moderr þær
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                                  Þuss unncuþliȝ wiþþ worde,
                                
                                  Þær þær ȝho ȝerne wollde himm don
                                
                                  To shæwenn hise mahhtess,
                                
                                  To makenn win biforr þatt follc
                                
                                  Þurrh hiss goddcunnde kinde,
                                  Line 14345 
                                
                                  Þatt dide he forr to shæwenn swa
                                
                                  Hiss dere moderr Marȝe
                                
                                  Þatt nohht ne mihhte he makenn win
                                
                                  To forþenn hire wille,
                                
                                  Þurrh mennisscnesse þatt he toc
                                  Line 14350 
                                
                                  Inn hire clene wambe.
                                
                                  & tatt wass seȝȝd alls iff he þuss
                                
                                  Wiþþ oþre wordess 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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