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

                                
                                  Wiþþutenn himm áne þatt stah
                                
                                  Off heffne dun till erþe;
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                                  & off þatt, tatt te manness stren
                                
                                  Forr manne nede shollde
                                
                                  Ben hofenn upp o rodetre
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn hise gillte,
                                
                                  All rihht all swa se Moysæs
                                  Line 17030 
                                
                                  Hof upp þe neddre i wesste;
                                
                                  & ec off — þatt Allmahhtiȝ Godd
                                
                                  Swa lufede wiþþ herrte
                                
                                  Þiss werelld, tatt he sennde dun
                                
                                  Hiss aȝhenn Sune ankennedd,
                                  Line 17035 
                                
                                  To wurrþenn mann to lesenn u¯¯t
                                
                                  Þe werelld fra þe defell;
                                
                                  & off — þatt Godess Sune nass
                                
                                  Nohht hiderr sennd to manne,
                                
                                  To demenn her Adamess stren
                                  Line 17040 
                                
                                  Off hæþenndom & dwilde,
                                
                                  Acc forr to lesenn all mannkinn
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe defless walde;
                                
                                  & ec off þatt, tatt illc an mann
                                
                                  Iss all þwerrt u¯¯t unndemedd,
                                  Line 17045 
                                
                                  Whatt mann sitt iss þatt wel & rihht
                                
                                  O Godess Sune lefeþþ;
                                
                                  & ec off þatt, tatt illc an mann
                                
                                   [col 377] Iss nuȝȝu þwerrt u¯¯t demedd,
                                
                                  Whatt mann sitt iss þatt nile nohht
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                                  O Godess Sune lefenn;

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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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