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

                                
                                  & sindenn þohh biforenn Godd
                                
                                  Unnclene & all unncweme,
                                
                                  I dærne unnclene þohht & þæw,
                                
                                  I dærne unnclene dede.
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ lætenn þatt teȝȝ sekenn Crist
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                                  Biforenn menness ehne,
                                
                                  Acc þeȝȝ ne findenn himm rihht nohht
                                
                                  Till þeȝȝre sawle berrhless;
                                
                                  Forr Crist forrwerrpeþþ falls & flærd,
                                
                                  & iwhillc unnclænnesse.
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                                  Þe sterrne comm rihht till þatt hus
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass borenn inne,
                                
                                  & flæh itt ta na forrþerr mar
                                
                                  Acc heng þæroferr stille.
                                
                                  & tatt wass don alls iff itt tuss
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                                  Wiþþ openn spæche seȝȝde,
                                
                                  Her i þiss hus iss Crist, soþ Godd,
                                
                                  Þatt cumenn iss to manne,
                                
                                  Þatt me nu newenn shop þuss brihht,
                                
                                  Forr þatt I shollde ledenn
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                                  Þiss Kalldewisshe follc till himm,
                                
                                  & tæchenn hemm þe weȝȝe.
                                
                                  Þa kingess fellenn dun, itt seȝȝþ,
                                
                                  To lutenn Crist & lakenn,
                                
                                  & tær þeȝȝ gæfenn swa þurrh þatt
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                                  Off soþ mecnesse bisne;
                                
                                  Forr niss nan mann þatt lutenn maȝȝ
                                
                                  Ne lakenn Godd tocweme,
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn himm þatt lakeþþ Godd
                                
                                  Wiþþ lac off soþ mecnesse.

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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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