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

                                
                                  & tatt he þær till Nicodem
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t spacc þuss off himm sellfenn,
                                
                                  & whase lefeþþ upponn himm
                                
                                  Þatt mann iss all unndemedd,
                                
                                  Þatt wass alls iff he seȝȝde þuss
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                                  Till himm wiþþ openn spæche,
                                
                                  Þatt mann þatt trowwenn shall onn me
                                
                                  & mine laȝhess haldenn,
                                
                                  Þatt illke mann ne beþ nohht demmd
                                
                                  To dreȝhenn helle pine.
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                                  & tatt he þær till Nicodem
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t spacc þuss off himm sellfenn,
                                
                                  & whase nile nohht onn himm
                                
                                  Wiþþ fulle trowwþe lefenn,
                                
                                  Þatt mann iss nuȝȝu demmd þurrh Godd
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                                  To dreȝhenn helle pine,
                                
                                  Þatt wass alls iff he seȝȝde þuss
                                
                                  Till himm wiþþ openn spæche,
                                
                                  Þatt mann þatt nohht ne shall onn me
                                
                                  Wiþþ fulle trowwþe lefenn,
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                                  Acc shall þurrh modiȝnesse & niþ
                                
                                  Forrwerrpenn all min lare,
                                
                                  Þatt mann iss nuȝȝu demmd þurrh me,
                                
                                  To dreȝhenn helle pine,
                                
                                  Forr, þurrh þatt tatt icc amm soþ Godd,
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                                  I maȝȝ full æþe cnawenn
                                
                                  All whillke shulenn cwemenn me
                                
                                  & addlenn heffness blisse,
                                
                                  & whillke shulenn me forrsen
                                
                                  & addlenn helle pine,

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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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