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

                                
                                  Hemm wirrkenn win inoh off nohht,
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                                  Þatt wære himm lihht to forþenn,
                                
                                  Acc wollde off waterr wirrkenn win,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde tacnenn,
                                
                                  Þatt he ne wass nohht wurrþenn mann
                                
                                  Bitwenenn menn onn erþe
                                  Line 15185 
                                
                                  Forr to forrwerrpenn aniȝ lott
                                
                                  Off Moysæsess lare,
                                
                                  Noff all þatt witeȝhunngeboc
                                
                                  Þatt witess haffdenn cwiddedd,
                                
                                  Acc forrþi þatt he wollde itt all
                                  Line 15190 
                                
                                  Don hise Lerninngcnihhtess
                                
                                  Þurrh Haliȝ Gastess hallȝhe witt
                                
                                  Gastlike tunnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  & siþþenn all to fillenn itt
                                
                                  Gastlike þurrh hiss hellpe.
                                  Line 15195 
                                
                                  & tatt fulluhht, þatt Sannt Johan
                                
                                  Bapptisste ȝaff þe lede
                                
                                  I waterr ane, maȝȝ full wel
                                
                                  Ben þurrh þatt waterr tacnedd,
                                
                                  Þatt warrþ i Cana Galile
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                                  Till win þurrh Cristess mahhte,
                                
                                  Forr þatt fulluhht wass turrnedd all
                                
                                  Þurrh Jesu Cristess come
                                
                                  All fra þe waterr inntill win,
                                
                                  Inntill þrowwinnge & pine
                                  Line 15205 
                                
                                  Þatt wel maȝȝ tacnedd ben þurrh win,
                                
                                  Þatt witt tu wel to soþe,
                                
                                  Forr pine iss sur & biteþþ wiþþ
                                
                                  & cwennkeþþ erþliȝ kinde,

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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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