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

                                
                                  & icc amm an erþlike mann
                                
                                  Inn unntrummnesse strenedd,
                                
                                  & nohht ne maȝȝ icc habbenn her
                                
                                  Off haliȝ mahht o life,
                                  Line 18325 
                                
                                  Bu¯¯t iff þatt icc itt unnderrfo
                                
                                  Att Cristess æddmodnesse.
                                
                                  Forr icc amm i me sellfenn wac
                                
                                  & full off unntrummnesse,
                                
                                  & þurrh þe ȝife off Crist I maȝȝ
                                  Line 18330 
                                
                                  Me berrȝhenn lif & sawle.
                                
                                  & þurrh Crist amm icc sennd till ȝuw
                                
                                  To spellenn & to fullhtnenn,
                                
                                   [col 397] To ȝarrkenn ȝuw ȝæn hiss fulluhht
                                
                                  & ȝæn hiss hallȝhe lare,
                                  Line 18335 
                                
                                  & forrþi ræde icc ȝuw full wel
                                
                                  & bidde ȝuw & bede,
                                
                                  Þatt ȝure nan ne dwelle nohht
                                
                                  To turrnenn till hiss lare,
                                
                                  & till hiss fulluhht tatt ȝuw maȝȝ
                                  Line 18340 
                                
                                  Well clennsenn all off sinne.
                                
                                  Ȝe wi˘tenn þatt I barr himm wel
                                
                                  Wittness biforr þe lede,
                                
                                  Þatt he wass Godd & Godess lamb
                                
                                  Þatt offredd shollde wurrþenn
                                  Line 18345 
                                
                                  O rodetre, forr all mannkinn
                                
                                  To lesenn u¯¯t off helle.
                                
                                  & ec ȝe wi˘tenn wel þatt icc
                                
                                  Ȝuw off me sellfenn seȝȝde.

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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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