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

                                
                                  Þatt allderrmann drannc off þatt win
                                
                                  Þatt wass off waterr wharrfedd,
                                
                                  & itt himm þuhhte swiþe god,
                                
                                  & toc to clepenn sone
                                  Line 15325 
                                
                                  Uppo þatt oþerr hæfedd mann
                                
                                  Þatt wass bridgume, & seȝȝde;
                                
                                  Illc mann firrst brinngeþþ forþ god win,
                                
                                  & siþþenn he biginneþþ
                                
                                  To brinngenn forþ summ werrse win,
                                  Line 15330 
                                
                                  Son summ þe follc iss drunnkenn.
                                
                                  Þatt allderrmann bitacneþþ uss
                                
                                  Þe Laferrd Cristess posstless,
                                
                                  & ure Laferrd Crist wass uss
                                
                                   [col 351] Þurrh þatt bridgume tacnedd;
                                  Line 15335 
                                
                                  & Cristess hird, Crisstene follc
                                
                                  Iss Cristess brid onn erþe.
                                
                                  & Cristess posstless off þatt teȝȝ
                                
                                  Gastlike lare fundenn
                                
                                  Eȝȝwhær onn haliȝ bokess writt
                                  Line 15340 
                                
                                  Full bliþe & glade wærenn,
                                
                                  & stodenn inn to þannkenn Crist
                                
                                  Wiþþ muþ & ec wiþþ herrte,
                                
                                  Þatt he þeȝȝm ȝaff þurrh Haliȝ Gast
                                
                                  Gastlike tunnderrstanndenn
                                  Line 15345 
                                
                                  Off haliȝ witeȝhunngess writt
                                
                                  Þe depe diȝhellnesse,
                                
                                  & seȝȝdenn þuss till þeȝȝre Crist
                                
                                  I þeȝȝre clene þohhtess;

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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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