Passage from the ‘Ormulum’
Passage from the ‘Ormulum’ in both Audio and text versions.
Middle English
Þiss boc iss nemmnedd Orrmulum, Forr þi þatt Orrm itt wrohhte.
Icc hafe wennd inntill Ennglissh Goddspelless hallghe láre, Affterr þatt little witt þatt me Min Drihhtin hafeþþ lenedd.
Modern English
This book is named Ormulum, because Orm created it.
I have turned into English the Holy Gospels’ lore, according to that little wit that My Lord has granted me.
Passage from “Ormulum” (late 12th Century) (17 sec) (from Palgrave Macmillan).
Written by Richard Barker
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