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

                                
                                  & ec forr þatt he wisste wel
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass Godd off heffne,
                                
                                  He ȝaff hemm sware, & seȝȝde þuss
                                
                                  Forr þeȝȝre niþ to cwennkenn;
                                  Line 18295 
                                
                                  Ne maȝȝ nan mann onnfon nan þing,
                                
                                  Þatt segge icc ȝuw to soþe,
                                
                                  Bu¯¯t iff þatt itt be ȝifenn himm
                                
                                  Þurrh Drihhtin Godd off heffne.
                                
                                  & tatt wass seȝȝd alls iff he þuss
                                  Line 18300 
                                
                                  Wiþþ oþre wordess seȝȝde,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt I wass borenn her
                                
                                  Off faderr & off moderr,
                                
                                  Þatt time þatt teȝȝ wærenn ba
                                
                                  Off swiþe mikell elde,
                                  Line 18305 
                                
                                  Þa þeȝȝre time wass all gan
                                
                                  To tiddrenn & to tæmenn,
                                
                                  Forrþi ȝe wenenn, þatt I be
                                
                                  Off heffne sennd to manne
                                
                                  All oþerr þann erþlike mann
                                  Line 18310 
                                
                                  I Goddcunndnessess kinde.
                                
                                  Acc þatt niss nohht; ȝe wenenn wrang
                                
                                  Off me; beþ warre & wise,
                                
                                  Namm I nohht Godd, acc icc amm mann,
                                
                                  Off bodiȝ & off sawle,
                                  Line 18315 
                                
                                  & nohht na mare þann a mann
                                
                                  Dæþshildiȝ unnderr sinne.
                                
                                  Acc ure Laferrd Crist iss mann,
                                
                                  Acc all wiþþutenn sinne,
                                
                                  & Crist iss Godess Sune, & Godd
                                  Line 18320 
                                
                                  Þatt alle shaffte wrohhte.

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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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