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

                                
                                  Forr hefiȝ & forr sware unngriþþ
                                  Line 16280 
                                
                                  Þatt hæþenn follc þær wrohhte.
                                
                                  & swa þeȝȝ stodenn oþerr stund
                                
                                  To wirrkenn o þe temmple,
                                
                                  Þatt draȝhenn swerd wass inn an hannd,
                                
                                  & lim & stan inn oþerr.
                                  Line 16285 
                                
                                  & forrþi wass þær lannge to
                                
                                  œr þann itt wass all forþedd,
                                
                                  Forr itt wass all till ende brohht
                                
                                  Unnæþe & all wiþþ ange,
                                
                                  Wiþþinnenn ȝeress fowwerrtiȝ
                                  Line 16290 
                                
                                  & ȝe¯¯t wiþþinnenn sexe.
                                
                                  & tale off sexe & fowwerrtiȝ
                                
                                  Bilimmpeþþ wel wiþþ alle
                                
                                  Till Cristess hallȝhe bodiȝlich,
                                
                                  Swa summ soþ boc uss kiþeþþ·
                                  Line 16295 
                                
                                  Forr, swa summ Latin boc uss seȝȝþ,
                                
                                  Þe child i moderr wambe
                                
                                  Iss shapenn all att fowwerrtiȝ
                                
                                  & sexe daȝhess ende;
                                
                                  & i þatt fresst wass Cristess lich
                                  Line 16300 
                                
                                  I Sannte Marȝe wambe
                                
                                  Fullike shapenn all þwerrt u¯¯t
                                
                                  Inn hise limess alle.
                                
                                  & Cristess bodiȝ wass forrþi
                                
                                  Þurrh Godess hus bitacnedd,
                                  Line 16305 
                                
                                  Forr Cristess lich wass haliȝ hus
                                
                                  Till Cristess hallȝhe sawle,
                                
                                  Þatt lich þatt þwerrt u¯¯t shapenn wass
                                
                                  Inn hise limess alle,

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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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