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

                                
                                  Swa þatt teȝȝ, þurrh hiss hellpe & hald
                                
                                  Unnderr þe rihhte læfe,
                                
                                  Wel sholldenn muȝhenn flittenn hemm
                                
                                  & ferrsenn fra þe defell,
                                
                                  & fra þe werrldess lufe & lusst,
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                                  & fra þe flæshess wille,
                                
                                  To clennsenn & to bæwenn hemm
                                
                                  Off alle þeȝȝre sinness,
                                
                                  Þurrh shriffte & þurrh dædbotess baþþ
                                
                                  & ec þurrh beȝȝske tæress,
                                  Line 18045 
                                
                                  Swa þatt teȝȝ sholldenn muȝhenn wel
                                
                                  Unnderr þe rihhte læfe
                                
                                  Wiþþ clene þohht & word & werrc
                                
                                  Rihht lofenn Godd & wurrþenn.
                                
                                  Þiss comm þe Laferrd Jesu Crist
                                  Line 18050 
                                
                                  To forþenn her onn erþe,
                                
                                  Þurrh spelless & þurrh haliȝ lif
                                
                                  & ec þurrh hallȝhe tacness,
                                
                                  & tatt þurrh himm sellfenn, & ec
                                
                                  Þurrh hise Lerninngcnihhtess.
                                  Line 18055 
                                
                                  & tiss wass all bitacnedd uss
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt, tatt ure Laferrd
                                
                                  For u¯¯t off Ȝerrsalæmess land
                                
                                  Wiþþ hise Lerninngcnihhtess
                                
                                  Inntill þe land off Galile,
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                                  To shæwenn hise tacness,
                                
                                  & tatt he for off Galile
                                
                                  Inntill Judea siþþenn,

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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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