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

                                
                                  Wass all þwerrt u¯¯t unnseȝȝenndlic
                                  Line 18865 
                                
                                  Inn alle kinne shaffte;
                                
                                  Acc all mannkinn full neh forrwarrp
                                
                                  Þatt lihht tatt shan onn erþe
                                
                                  Off Godd & off hiss depe witt
                                
                                  Inn alle kinne shaffte.
                                  Line 18870 
                                
                                  Forr all mannkinn well neh wass all
                                
                                  Bididdredd & forrblendedd
                                
                                  Þurrh defell & þurrh hæþenndom,
                                
                                  & þurrh orrmete sinness,
                                
                                  Swa þatt all follc wel neh forrle¯¯t
                                  Line 18875 
                                
                                  To þennkenn ohht off heffne,
                                
                                  To sekenn & to cnawenn Godd,
                                
                                  To lufenn Godd & þewwtenn.
                                
                                  & tohh swa þehh þohh all follc neh
                                
                                  All haffde Godd forrlætenn,
                                  Line 18880 
                                
                                  Þohh ræw himm off hiss handewerrc,
                                
                                  Off - þatt itt for till helle,
                                
                                  & toc & sennde an sanderrmann
                                
                                  Þatt wass Johan ȝehatenn.
                                
                                   [col 412] Johan Bapptisste iss þiss Johan
                                  Line 18885 
                                
                                  Þatt we nu mælenn ummbe,
                                
                                  Johan þatt wass þurrh Drihhtin sennd
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt tatt he wass strenedd
                                
                                  Off moderr & off faderr stren,
                                
                                  Þatt time þatt hemm baþe
                                  Line 18890 
                                
                                  Wass þeȝȝre kinde gan all u¯¯t
                                
                                  To tiddrenn & to tæmenn,

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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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