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

                                
                                  & hu mann mihhte cwemenn Godd
                                
                                  & addlenn heffness blisse.
                                
                                  & fele þede modiliȝ
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                                  Wiþþstodenn, & wiþþseȝȝdenn,
                                
                                  & all forrwurrpenn heffness lihht
                                
                                  & hefennlike lare,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt hemm wass lef to ben
                                
                                  I þeȝȝre þessterrnesse,
                                  Line 17830 
                                
                                  To follȝhenn þeȝȝre flæshess lust
                                
                                  Inn alle kinne sinne,
                                
                                  & forr þatt hemm wass laþ þatt lihht
                                
                                  Þatt hemm bigrap off sinne.
                                
                                  & sume þede tokenn wel
                                  Line 17835 
                                
                                  Wiþþ hefennlike lare,
                                
                                  & turrndenn till þe Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & till þe rihhte læfe,
                                
                                  Þatt iss þatt soþe lihht & lem
                                
                                  Þatt ledeþþ menn till heffne,
                                  Line 17840 
                                
                                  & tokenn till full innwarrdliȝ
                                
                                  Þurrh shriffte & þurrh dædbote
                                
                                  To wreȝhenn all here aȝhenn woh,
                                
                                  To wrekenn onn hemm sellfenn,
                                
                                  Þatt teȝȝ swa lannge inn hæþenndom
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                                  Soþ Drihhtin haffdenn wraþþedd,
                                
                                  Annd swa þeȝȝ comenn till þe lihht,
                                
                                  Till all þe rihhte læfe
                                
                                  Off ure Laferrd Jesu Crist,
                                
                                  Þatt Soþfasstnesse iss nemmnedd,
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                                  Forr all þatt æfre iss soþ & rihht
                                
                                  & god & Drihhtin cweme,

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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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