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

                                
                                  Þurrh trigg & trowwe læfe o Godd
                                
                                  & þurrh unnshaþiȝnesse,
                                
                                  Fra þatt mannkinn wass shapenn firrst
                                
                                  To follȝhenn Godess wille,
                                
                                  Þatt hallȝhe flocc wass aȝȝ shadd u¯¯t
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                                  All fra þe deofless genge;
                                
                                  & itt wass i þiss middellærd,
                                
                                  & forrþi læh þe deofell,
                                
                                  Forr nass hiss mahhte nohht o þa
                                
                                  To ȝifenn, ne to sellenn.
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                                  & all þatt ahhte off eorþliȝ þing
                                
                                  Þatt Godess þeowwess haffdenn
                                
                                  & hafenn i þiss middell ærd
                                
                                  Iss all skir fra þe deofell,
                                
                                  Butt iff þatt itt bilimmpe swa
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                                  Þatt Godd himm ȝife lefe
                                
                                  To forþenn all hiss fule lusst
                                
                                  Off Godess follkess ahhte,
                                
                                  Swa summ he ȝaff himm lefe & mahht
                                
                                  To takenn Jopess ahhte,
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                                  All iss itt elless skir & freo
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe deofless walde,
                                
                                  Þatt eorþliȝ þing þatt Drihhtin sellf
                                
                                  Her leneþþ hise þeowwess;
                                
                                  & tatt iss i þiss middellærd,
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                                  & forrþi læh þe deofell
                                
                                  Þatt seȝȝde till þe Laferrd Crist,
                                
                                  Þær he wass o þe lawe,
                                
                                  Þatt he þær mihhte ȝifenn himm
                                
                                  All middellærdess riche.

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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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