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

                                
                                  Illc mann firrst brinngeþþ forþ god win,
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                                  & siþþenn he biginneþþ
                                
                                  To brinngenn forþ summ werrse win,
                                
                                  Son summ þe follc iss drunnkenn.
                                
                                  & tiss wass seȝȝd alls iff þeȝȝ þuss
                                
                                  Wiþþ oþre wordess seȝȝdenn,
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                                  Þe defell & te defless þeww
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ ȝifenn menn to drinnkenn,
                                
                                  Acc nohht tatt wise þatt tu dost,
                                
                                  Allmahhtiȝ Godd off heffne.
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ ȝifenn firrst te gode win;
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                                  Forr þeȝȝre firrste lare
                                
                                  Iss haliȝ lare, & soþ, & rihht,
                                
                                  & halsumm forr to lernenn,
                                
                                  Forr swa to draȝhenn follc upponn
                                
                                  To follȝhenn þeȝȝre lare.
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                                  & siþþenn don þeȝȝ falls & flærd
                                
                                  Amang þe gode lare,
                                
                                  & all biswikenn swa þe follc
                                
                                  Þurrh þeȝȝre laþe wiless,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt teȝȝ don hemm falls & flærd
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                                  To lefenn & to follȝhenn
                                
                                  Amang þe rihhte lare off Godd
                                
                                  & off þe rihhte læfe.
                                
                                  & affterr þatt teȝȝ hafenn all
                                
                                  Wharrfedd te wrecche lede
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                                  Þurrh þeȝȝre laress attredd win
                                
                                  Inntill swillc drunnkennesse,
                                
                                  Þatt teȝȝ ne cunnenn nan innsihht
                                
                                  Noff Godd, noff Godess lare,

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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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