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

                                
                                  Þatt he ne wisste nohht ȝe¯¯t ta
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass Godd off heffne,
                                
                                  Acc wennde þatt he wære an mann
                                
                                  All full off Godess hellpe,
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                                  & full off hefennlike mahht
                                
                                  To wirrkenn miccle tacness,
                                
                                  & full off hefennlike witt
                                
                                  To lærenn alle þede,
                                
                                   [col 374] Alls iff he wære cumenn forþ
                                  Line 16800 
                                
                                  Summ haliȝ patriarrke
                                
                                  All full off hefennlike mahht,
                                
                                  Oþþr án off þa profetess,
                                
                                  Þatt haffdenn witt þurrh Haliȝ Gast
                                
                                  Off all þatt cumenn shollde,
                                  Line 16805 
                                
                                  & mahht, & hellpe, & hald off Godd
                                
                                  To wirrkenn miccle tacness,
                                
                                  & swa to lefenn uppo Crist
                                
                                  Wass rihht unnorne læfe,
                                
                                  Alls off þatt mann þatt wass ȝe¯¯t blind
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                                  Off hefennlike leme,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt he ne wass nohht ȝe¯¯t
                                
                                  O Cristess name fullhtnedd,
                                
                                  & forrþi nisste he nohht ȝe¯¯t ta
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass baþe onn erþe
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                                  Soþ Godd off heffne, & ec soþ mann
                                
                                  I bodiȝ & i sawle,
                                
                                  Acc all þwerrt u¯¯t off sinne fre,
                                
                                  Forr Godd ne maȝȝ nohht gilltenn.

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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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