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

                                
                                  & nohht off blod, noff flæshess lusst,
                                
                                  Noff weress mæne strenedd.
                                
                                  Forr all mannkinn iss borenn her
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                                   [col 416] Off faderr & off moderr,
                                
                                  Þurrh sinnfull flæshess fule lusst
                                
                                  Unnderr Adamess sinne,
                                
                                  To dreȝhenn wiþþ þe laþe gast
                                
                                  á butenn ende pine.
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                                  & all forrþi ne maȝȝ na mann
                                
                                  Ben borrȝhenn att hiss ende
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt, tatt he wass borenn her
                                
                                  Off faderr & off moderr,
                                
                                  Butt iff þatt he be borenn efft,
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                                  O Cristess name fullhtnedd,
                                
                                  To wurrþenn Godess aȝhenn stren
                                
                                  & Godess sune onn erþe,
                                
                                  Þurrh fulluhht & þurrh haliȝ lif,
                                
                                  & þurrh þe rihhte læfe.
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                                  & Godess Word iss makedd flæsh
                                
                                  All forr þatt illke nede,
                                
                                  To biggenn her bitwenenn menn
                                
                                  Inn ure mennisscnesse,
                                
                                  To lesenn mannkinn þurrh hiss dæþ
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                                  U¯¯t off þe defless walde,
                                
                                  To turrnenn menn till Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & till þe rihhte læfe,
                                
                                  To firrþrenn hemm þurrh haliȝ lif
                                
                                  To wurrþenn Godess chilldre.

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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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