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

                                
                                  To fraȝȝnenn himm off Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & off þe rihhte læfe.
                                  Line 16995 
                                
                                  & forrþi þatt te Laferrd sahh
                                
                                  Þatt he wass fus to lernenn,
                                
                                  Forrþi wass he rihht rædiȝ till
                                
                                  To wissenn himm & lærenn,
                                
                                  & tahhte himm mikell lare anan
                                  Line 17000 
                                
                                  Off all swillc alls he ȝerrnde;
                                
                                  Off — þatt he wass himm sellf soþ Godd,
                                
                                  & Godess Sune ankennedd;
                                
                                  & off þatt, tatt nan mann ne maȝȝ
                                
                                  Ben borrȝhenn att hiss ende,
                                  Line 17005 
                                
                                  Butt iff he twiȝȝess borenn be,
                                
                                  Firrst off hiss kinn, & siþþenn
                                
                                  Att hallȝhedd funnt off Haliȝ Gast
                                
                                  Wiþþ all þe rihhte læfe;
                                
                                  & off — þatt all þatt borenn iss
                                  Line 17010 
                                
                                  Off flæsh iss flæshess kinde;
                                
                                  & off — þatt all þatt borenn iss
                                
                                  Off Gast iss gastess kinde;
                                
                                  Off — hu þe mann iss wharrfedd her
                                
                                  Fra flæsh till gastliȝ kinde,
                                  Line 17015 
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt he takeþþ Crisstenndom
                                
                                  Wiþþ fulluhht & wiþþ trowwþe;
                                
                                  & off, þatt he wass sennd þurrh Godd
                                
                                  To kiþenn Godess wille;
                                
                                  & off, þatt menn ne tokenn nohht
                                  Line 17020 
                                
                                  Wiþþ himm, ne wiþþ hiss lare;
                                
                                  & off — þatt nan ne stiȝheþþ upp
                                
                                  Off all mannkinn till heffne

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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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