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

                                
                                  Forr Crist soþ Godd, & ec soþ mann
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                                  Off bodiȝ & off sawle,
                                
                                  Wass, alls hiss lefe wille wass,
                                
                                  Her i þiss werelld fundenn,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde þurrh hiss dæþ
                                
                                  U¯¯tlesenn menn off helle,
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                                  & turrnenn hemm till Crisstenndom,
                                
                                  & till þe rihhte læfe,
                                
                                  & tæchenn hemm, & hellpenn hemm
                                
                                  To winnenn heffness blisse.
                                
                                  & þurrh himm wass þe werelld wrohht
                                  Line 19105 
                                
                                  Forr he shop alle shaffte,
                                
                                  Annd tohh swa þehh ne cnew himm nohht
                                
                                  Þe werelld alls itt ahhte,
                                
                                  Þatt Judewisshe follc þatt wass
                                
                                  Þurrh hete & niþ forrblendedd,
                                  Line 19110 
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt laþe modiȝleȝȝc
                                
                                  Þatt dide hemm Crist forrwerrpenn,
                                
                                  Þatt illke follc ne cnew himm nohht
                                
                                   [col 415] Swa summ hemm birrde himm cnawenn,
                                
                                  Þatt he wass Godess Sune & Godd,
                                  Line 19115 
                                
                                  Þatt alle shaffte wrohhte,
                                
                                  & tatt he wass o moderr hallf
                                
                                  Soþ mann all clene off sinne,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde þurrh hiss dæþ
                                
                                  U¯¯tlesenn menn off helle.
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                                  Crist comm inntill hiss aȝhenn þing,
                                
                                  Inntill hiss aȝhenn birde,

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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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