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

                                
                                  And Godess word & Godess witt,
                                  Line 18835 
                                
                                  Þatt alle shaffte wrohhte,
                                
                                  Wass, fra þatt mannkinn shapenn wass,
                                
                                  Mannkinne lihht & leme;
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff menn wolldenn nimenn gom
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ mihhtenn unnderrstanndenn,
                                  Line 18840 
                                
                                  Þatt he wass wiss Allmahhtiȝ Godd
                                
                                  Þatt alle shaffte wrohhte,
                                
                                  Forr Godess mahht & Godess witt
                                
                                  Wass opennlike sene
                                
                                  Inn all þe werelld tatt he shop
                                  Line 18845 
                                
                                  Off nohht all att hiss wille;
                                
                                  & tæroff mihhtenn alle menn
                                
                                  Onnfon soþ lihht & leme,
                                
                                  To cunnenn & to cnawenn Godd
                                
                                  Þatt all þe werelld wrohhte.
                                  Line 18850 
                                
                                  & heffness lihht bishineþþ all
                                
                                  Mannkinne þessterrnesse;
                                
                                  & þéssterrnesse nohht ne toc
                                
                                  Acc all forrwarrp þe leme.
                                
                                  Þiss þessterrnesse iss hæþenndom
                                  Line 18855 
                                
                                  & dwillde inn hæfedd sinness,
                                
                                  & hæþenn trowwþe onn hæþenn Godd,
                                
                                  & hæþenn lif i þæwess,
                                
                                  Þatt draȝheþþ menn till helle wa,
                                
                                  Till helless þessterrnesse.
                                  Line 18860 
                                
                                  & aȝȝ wass i þiss middellærd
                                
                                  Full sutell & full sene,
                                
                                  Þatt Godess mahht & Godess witt
                                
                                  & Godess dærne rune

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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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