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

                                
                                  Forr he ne mo¯¯t nohht Cristess flæsh
                                  Line 16570 
                                
                                  Ne Cristess blod onnfanngenn,
                                
                                  Bu¯¯t iff þatt he be laȝheliȝ
                                
                                  O Cristess name fullhtnedd.
                                
                                  Off swillke þatt hemm turrndenn swa
                                
                                  Hallflinngess to þe Laferrd,
                                  Line 16575 
                                
                                  Off swillke wærenn alle þa
                                
                                  Þatt himm lihhtliȝ forrwurrpenn
                                
                                  Þær þær he seȝȝde þuss till hemm;
                                
                                  Ne maȝȝ nan mann ben borrȝhenn
                                
                                  Þatt off mi flæsh, & off mi blod
                                  Line 16580 
                                
                                  Ner eteþþ ne, ne drinnkeþþ;·
                                
                                   [col 371] Forr sone anan summ þeȝȝ þatt word
                                
                                  Herrdenn off Cristess tunge,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ seȝȝdenn þuss bitwenenn hemm,
                                
                                  Harrd iss þiss word to fillenn,
                                  Line 16585 
                                
                                  Niss nan mann þatt maȝȝ follȝhenn himm
                                
                                  Ne don affterr hiss lare.
                                
                                  & ta þeȝȝ wenndenn hemm aweȝȝ
                                
                                  Fra Crist well fele off swillke,
                                
                                  & all forrsokenn forr þatt word
                                  Line 16590 
                                
                                  Hiss lare, & himm to follȝhenn,
                                
                                  Forr þatt teȝȝ nærenn nohht off þa
                                
                                  Þatt shollden winnenn heffne.
                                
                                  Þe Goddspellwrihhte Sannt Johan
                                
                                  Her seȝȝþ þatt ure Laferrd
                                  Line 16595 
                                
                                  All wisste whatt wass i þe mann,
                                
                                  & doþ uss tunnderrstanndenn,

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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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