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

                                
                                  Þiss illke mahht iss þwerrt u¯¯t god
                                
                                  To berrȝhenn þe þin sawle,
                                  Line 4945 
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt tu¯¯t follȝhesst þweorrt u¯¯t wel
                                
                                  Wiþþ bodiȝ & wiþþ herrte.
                                
                                  Þiss hallȝhe mahhte maȝȝ þe don,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt tu rihht itt follȝhesst,
                                
                                  Lefliȝ to þeowwtenn oþre menn,
                                  Line 4950 
                                
                                  To lutenn þine lahȝhre.
                                
                                  Þiss hallȝhe mahhte doþ þe wel,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt tu wel itt follȝhesst,
                                
                                  To wurrþenn eȝȝwhær alle menn,
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t forrþenn þine lahȝhre.
                                  Line 4955 
                                
                                  Þiss hæfedd mahhte doþ þe wel,
                                
                                  Ȝiff itt iss i þin herrte,
                                
                                  To shunenn dĕrewurrþe shrud
                                
                                  & dĕrewurrþe mæless.
                                
                                  Þiss hallȝhe mahhte doþ þe mann,
                                  Line 4960 
                                
                                  Ȝiff itt iss inn hiss herrte,
                                
                                  All to forrȝifenn oþre menn
                                
                                  Wiþþ word & ec wiþþ herrte
                                
                                  All þatt teȝȝ hafenn skaþedd himm,
                                
                                  & shamedd himm & shendedd.
                                  Line 4965 
                                
                                  & ure Laferrd Crist himm sellf,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ,
                                
                                  Till hise posstless seȝȝde þuss
                                
                                  Off soþ meocnessess mahhte;
                                
                                  Lerneþþ att me þatt icc amm wiss
                                  Line 4970 
                                
                                  Rihht milde & meoc wiþþ herrte,
                                
                                  & swa ȝe muȝhenn resste & ro
                                
                                  Till ȝure sawless findenn;

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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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