THE

ORMULUM

NOW FIRST EDITED

FROM

THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT

IN THE BODLEIAN

WITH

NOTES AND A GLOSSARY

BY

ROBERT MEADOWS WHITE, D.D.

LATE FELLOW OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE COllege,

AND FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF ANGLO-SAXON

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

VOL. II.

OXFORD:

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

M.DCCC.LII.

ORMULUM.

SECUNDUM JOHANNEM XVIII.

Miserunt Judei ab Hiersolimis Sacerdotes ] Levitas ad Johannem.

Forrpi þatt Sannt Johaness word
Sprang wide side o lande,

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Forr þatt he wass útnumenn mann

I laress i dedess,

forr þatt he bigann himm sellf

þær þær he wass i wesste

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To fullhtnenn baldelig þe follc

þatt nass næfrær bigunnenn;

Hiss word sprang inntill 3errsalæm

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inntill all þatt ende,

J all patt folle toc nip wipp himm

patt læredd wass o boke,

Off patt he toc swa baldeliz
To spellenn to fullhtnenn,

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