Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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

Forrþi þatt teȝȝre lif iss all Bisett wiþþ þessterrnesse, Inn all þatt ifell þatt mann doþ Þurrh hæþenndom & dwilde. 17800
Biforenn þatt te Laferrd Crist Wass cumenn her to manne, Wass all þiss middell werelld full Off sinness þessterrnesse, Forrþi þatt Crist, þe werrldess lihht, 17805 Nass nohht ȝe¯¯t cumenn þanne Forr to bigripenn all mannkinn Off hæþenndom & dwilde, & forr to shæwenn whatt wass god & whatt wass ifell dede, 17810 & hu mann mihhte cwemenn Godd & addlenn heffness blisse, & stanndenn ȝæn þe laþe gast, & all forrbuȝhenn helle. & affterr þatt te Laferrd Crist 17815 Wass cumenn her to manne, Þæraffterr wass þiss middellærd Off heffness leme filledd, Þurrh þatt te Laferrd Crist himm sellf [col 389] & hise Lerninngcnihhtess 17820 All whatt wass rihht, & whatt wass woh, Till alle þede kiddenn,
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The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
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