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

                                
                                  Godd seȝȝde þuss till Abraham;
                                
                                  Tacc Ysaac þin wennchell,
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                                  & sniþ itt, alls itt wære an shep,
                                
                                  & leȝȝ itt upponn allterr,
                                
                                  & brenn itt all till asskess þær
                                
                                  & offre itt me to lake.
                                
                                  & Abraham wass forrþrihht bun
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                                  To don Drihhtiness wille,
                                
                                  & toc hiss sune sone anan
                                
                                  & band itt fe¯¯t & hande,
                                
                                  & leȝȝde itt upponn allterr swa,
                                
                                  & droh hiss swerd off shæþe,
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                                  & hoff þe swerd upp wiþþ hiss hannd
                                
                                  To smitenn itt to dæde,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde ben till Godd
                                
                                  Herrsumm onn alle wise.
                                
                                  & Godd sahh þatt he wollde slæn
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                                  Þe child wiþþ swerdess egge,
                                
                                  & seȝȝde þuss till Habraham,
                                
                                  Þatt witt tu wel to soþe,
                                
                                  Hald, Abraham, hald upp þin hand,
                                
                                  Ne sla þu nohht tin wennchell;
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                                  Nu wa¯¯t I þatt tu drædesst Godd
                                
                                  & lufesst Godd wiþþ herrte;
                                
                                  Tacc þær an shep bafftenn þin bacc,
                                
                                  & offre itt forr þe wennchell.
                                
                                  & Abraham þa snaþ þatt shep,
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                                  & le¯¯t hiss sune libbenn,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde ben till Godd
                                
                                  Herrsumm onn alle wise.

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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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