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

                                
                                  & forrþi seȝȝde Sannt Johan
                                
                                  O þiss Goddspelless lare,
                                
                                  Þatt Godess Word wass a wiþþ Godd
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                                  An had wiþþ all an oþerr,
                                
                                  Þohh þatt teȝȝ sinndenn alle þre
                                
                                  Þre hadess, anfald kinde,
                                
                                  An soþ Godd, an Allmahhtiȝ Godd
                                
                                  Þatt alle shaffte wrohhte,
                                  Line 18670 
                                
                                  & illc an had Allmahhtiȝ Godd,
                                
                                  & an Godd sinndenn alle.
                                
                                  Onnȝæn þatt laþe læredd follc
                                
                                  Þatt spækenn wrang off Criste,
                                
                                  Þatt seȝȝdenn þatt te Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 18675 
                                
                                  Wass aȝȝ all unnbigunnenn,
                                
                                  & fra þe Faderr, heffness Godd,
                                
                                  All ser & all an oþerr,
                                
                                  & seȝȝdenn þatt he nass na Godd,
                                
                                  Ne nohht off Godess kinde,
                                  Line 18680 
                                
                                  Onnȝæn þatt laþe læredd follc,
                                
                                  Forr þeȝȝre muþ to dittenn,
                                
                                  Uss wra¯¯t & seȝȝde sikerr soþ
                                
                                  Johan þe Goddspellwrihhte,
                                
                                  Þatt Godess Sune, Godess Word,
                                  Line 18685 
                                
                                  Soþ Godess aȝhenn kinde
                                
                                  Wass aȝȝ soþ Godd, Allmahhtiȝ Godd
                                
                                  Þatt alle shaffte wrohhte.
                                
                                  He seȝȝde ȝæn hemm alle þuss
                                
                                  To lihhnenn þeȝȝre spæche,
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                                  & Godess Word wass a soþ Godd
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn ord & ende.

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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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