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

                                
                                  Allræresst towarrd Nicodem
                                
                                  To mælenn & to spellenn,
                                
                                  Off þatt himm allremasst wass ned
                                
                                  I Crisstenndom to cunnenn,
                                  Line 17085 
                                
                                  Off þatt, tatt he ne mihhte nohht
                                
                                  Ben borrȝhenn att hiss ende,
                                
                                  Bu¯¯t iff he wære laȝheliȝ
                                
                                  O Godess name fullhtnedd.
                                
                                  & tatt te Laferrd seȝȝde þuss
                                  Line 17090 
                                
                                  Till Nicodem wiþþ worde;
                                
                                  To fulle soþ I segge þe,
                                
                                  Þatt niss nan mann onn erþe
                                
                                  Þatt muȝhe Godess riche sen
                                
                                  Butt he be borenn twiȝess;
                                  Line 17095 
                                
                                  Þatt wass alls iff he seȝȝde þuss
                                
                                  Till himm wiþþ oþre wordess,
                                
                                  Þatt mann þatt niss nohht borenn ȝe¯¯t
                                
                                  Gastlike off gastliȝ moderr,
                                
                                  & all þurrh Godd off Haliȝ Gast
                                  Line 17100 
                                
                                  Inn hallȝhedd waterr fullhtnedd,
                                
                                  Ne maȝȝ he nohht rihht cnawenn me
                                
                                  Swa summ icc amm to cnawenn,
                                
                                  Þatt amm Allmahhtiȝ Godd, & ec
                                
                                  Soþ sihhþe off soþfasstnesse,
                                  Line 17105 
                                
                                  Þatt amm þatt kinedom, þatt Godd
                                
                                  Hehfaderr rixleþþ inne,
                                
                                  Þatt tu ȝe¯¯t nunnderrstanndesst nohht,
                                
                                  Forr þatt tu narrt nohht fullhtnedd,
                                
                                  Ne læredd nohht off Crisstenndom,
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                                  Noff all þe rihhte læfe.

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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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