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

                                
                                  & eȝȝwhær unnderr hæþenndom
                                
                                  & eȝȝwhær unnderr sinness,
                                  Line 16455 
                                
                                  & i þe laþe gastess hannd
                                
                                  & all inn hise walde,
                                
                                  Forrþi comm Crist to wurrþenn mann
                                
                                  Off Adam & off Eve,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde Adamess kinn
                                  Line 16460 
                                
                                  U¯¯tlesenn fra þe defell,
                                
                                  & gaddrenn himm an haliȝ follc
                                
                                  Off alle kinne lede,
                                
                                  & turrnenn hemm till Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & till þe rihhte læfe,
                                  Line 16465 
                                
                                  To winnenn þurrh hiss hellpe & hald
                                
                                  To brukenn heffness blisse.
                                
                                  Þe Goddspellwrihhte Sannt Johan
                                
                                  Her seȝȝþ þatt Cristess posstless,
                                
                                  Affterr þatt Crist wass risenn upp
                                  Line 16470 
                                
                                  Þe þridde daȝȝ off dæþe,
                                
                                  Wel unnderrstodenn þa þatt word
                                
                                  Þatt Crist himm sellf her seȝȝde,
                                
                                  Þatt he þe temmple mihhte wel
                                
                                  Binnenn þre daȝhess reȝȝsenn,
                                  Line 16475 
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt te Judewisske follc
                                
                                  Itt haffden all unnbundenn.
                                
                                  Þiss hallȝhe Goddspellwrihhte seȝȝþ
                                
                                  Þatt Cristess hallȝhe posstless,
                                
                                  Affterr þatt Crist wass risenn upp
                                  Line 16480 
                                
                                  Þe þridde daȝȝ off dæþe,
                                
                                  Wel unnderrstodenn þa þatt word,
                                
                                  Þatt Crist itt off himm sellfenn

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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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