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

                                
                                  Lef moderr, ȝiff icc make win
                                
                                  Att tiss bridaless sæte,
                                  Line 14355 
                                
                                  Þu wast wel þatt ne mŭne itt nohht
                                
                                  Ben makedd þurrh þatt kinde,
                                
                                  Þatt icc her i þiss middellærd
                                
                                  Toc i þin hallȝhe wambe;
                                
                                  Acc itt beþ makedd þurrh þatt mahht,
                                  Line 14360 
                                
                                  Þatt icc off heffne brohhte,
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt kinde, þatt me ȝaff
                                
                                  Min Faderr upp inn heffne;
                                
                                  & all forrþi ne falleþþ itt
                                
                                  Rihht nohht till þe, lef moderr,
                                  Line 14365 
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt iss þatt I make win
                                
                                  Þurrh min goddcunnde kinde.
                                
                                  & tatt te Laferrd Jesu Crist
                                
                                  Þær seȝȝde till hiss moderr,
                                
                                  Abid, abid, wifman, abid,
                                  Line 14370 
                                
                                  Ne comm nohht ȝe¯¯ min tíme,
                                
                                  Þatt seȝȝde he till hiss moderr þær,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde shæwenn
                                
                                  Þatt he wass cumenn her forr uss
                                
                                  All gilltelæs to swelltenn.
                                  Line 14375 
                                
                                  He seȝȝde till hiss moderr þiss,
                                
                                  Ne comm nohht ȝe¯¯ tatt tíme
                                
                                  Whanne I shall shæwenn opennliȝ
                                
                                  Forrwhi þu wass min moderr,
                                
                                  Whanne I shall drinnkenn dæþess drinnch
                                  Line 14380 
                                
                                  Forr all mannkinn o rode,
                                
                                  Þa shall I shæwenn þatt icc amm
                                
                                  Soþ mann i mennisscnesse

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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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