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

                                
                                  Acc forrþi þatt teȝȝ wolldenn himm
                                
                                  Forrfarenn all & cwennkenn.
                                
                                  & forrþi flæh hemm Jesu Crist,
                                
                                  To don uss tunnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  Þatt Godd forrwerrpeþþ alle þa
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                                  Þatt wiþþrenn himm onnȝæness,
                                
                                  Butt iff þeȝȝ muȝhenn turrnenn hemm
                                
                                  To betenn þeȝȝre sinne.
                                
                                  & ec þe Laferrd Crist attflæh
                                
                                  Forr þe to gifenn bisne,
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                                  Þatt tu mihht flen & berrȝhenn swa
                                
                                  Þin lif wiþþ Godess lefe,
                                
                                  & shunenn þa þatt wilenn þe
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn gillte cwellenn,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þu ne mihht nohht habbenn ȝe¯¯t
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                                  God lusst, god mahht, god wille,
                                
                                  To þolenn marrtirdom forr Crist,
                                
                                  & forr þe ri˘hhte læfe.
                                
                                  & ec þe Laferrd Crist attflæh
                                
                                  To don þe tunnderrstanndenn,
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                                  Þatt te birrþ flen þe defless hird
                                
                                  Wiþþ þohht, wiþþ word, wiþþ dede.
                                
                                  Forr þe birþ all forrsen & flen
                                
                                  To follȝhenn þeȝȝre sinness;
                                
                                  Rihht swa birrþ þe þe defless hird
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                                  Forrsen & flenn wiþþ herrte,
                                
                                  Rihht swa summ he wiþþ bodiȝ flæh
                                
                                  Þa laþe Farisewess.
                                
                                  & Crist attflæh þe defless hird
                                
                                  Wiþþ hise Lerninngcnihhtess,

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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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