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

                                
                                  Inntill þiss middellærd tatt wass
                                
                                  All shapenn þurrh himm sellfenn;
                                
                                  & he comm inntill all mannkinn
                                  Line 19125 
                                
                                  Þatt ec wass all hiss shaffte,
                                
                                  Forr all follc wass hiss handewerrc,
                                
                                  & all inn hise walde.
                                
                                  & hise menn ne tokenn nohht
                                
                                  Wiþþ himm swa summ hemm birrde;
                                  Line 19130 
                                
                                  Hemm birrde lefenn upponn himm,
                                
                                  & lufenn himm & drædenn,
                                
                                  & cnawenn himm & þewwtenn himm,
                                
                                  & hise laȝhess haldenn,
                                
                                  & alle mast forrwurrpenn himm
                                  Line 19135 
                                
                                  Þurrh hĕre depe sinne,
                                
                                  Forr þatt te defell haffde hemm all
                                
                                  Bididdredd & forrblendedd,
                                
                                  & all forrbundenn & forrdon
                                
                                  Þurrh hæþenndom & dwilde;
                                  Line 19140 
                                
                                  & forrþenn Cristess kinness menn
                                
                                  Þatt he wass borenn offe,
                                
                                  Hiss Judewisshe follc, þatt wass
                                
                                  Himm sibb o moderr hallfe,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ alle mast forrwurrpenn himm
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                                  To lufenn & to þewwtenn.
                                
                                  & forr þatt mannkinn aȝȝ wass swa,
                                
                                  Fra þatt mannkinn wass awwnedd,
                                
                                  Þatt aȝȝ wass i þiss middellærd
                                
                                  Summ lott off gode sawless,
                                  Line 19150 
                                
                                  Þatt cnewenn Godd, & leddenn hemm
                                
                                  Clennlike & rihht onn erþe,

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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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