“Orm supplemented the current graphic methods by devices of his own. Thus he systematically doubled a consonant after a short vowel in a closed syllable, so tunnderrstanndenn 109. Whether he meant thereby to indicate shortness of the vowel or length of the consonant is disputed.... Where the consonant after an open syllable is in fact short, Orm often places a breve over the preceding short vowel.... Likewise he uses very seldom an almost horizontal accent to indicate vowel length, as á 174, but more frequently, as if to emphasize his warning against possible error, doubles it ... even for greater insistence trebles it ... mostly before final t. “Furthermore, Orm invented a special symbol {g} with a flat top projecting on both sides for the guttural stop g, reserving the continental g for the dzh sound in such words as egge (edge), leggen, seggen: the latter occurs in this extract only in gluternesse 167, and that by mistake.”]] [[In the e-text, ordinary capital G was used for capital insular g (ᵹ) because font support for the correct form Ᵹ (hex A77D) is extremely limited. The printed linenotes almost always use yogh (ȝ) for insular g (ᵹ), and plain g for Orm’s unique {g}. In this selection, all lines have been split at the caesura for length, with the second half shown deeply indented.]] ++Forrþrihht anan se iesu crist. Wass borenn off hiss moderr{;} ᵹho wand hi{mm} sone iwinndeclū́t. ⁊ leᵹᵹde himm inn a`n´ cribbe. Acc uss birrþ wĭtenn þ̵ he warrþ. All wiþþ hiss aᵹhenn wille. Vnnorne. ⁊ wrecche ⁊ usell child{;} Inn ure mennisscnesse : Forr þ̵ he wollde inn heffness ærd{;} Vss alle makenn riche. 5 ¶ ⁊ he þ̵ all þiss middellærd. Onn alle wise shrideþþ{;} He wollde wundenn | ben forr uss. [f. 34v¹ I wrecche wi{nn}de clutess. Forr þ̵ he wollde shridenn uss{;} Wiþþ hefennlike wæde· ¶ ⁊ he þ̵ all þiss werelld shop· ⁊ alle shaffte stereþþ{;} He lēt hi{mm} baþe bindenn her. Wiþþ bandess fēt ⁊ hande{;} 10 Forr þ̵ he wollde unnbindenn uss. Off hellepiness bandess. ¶ ⁊ heffne. ⁊ lifft. ⁊ land. ⁊ sæ. Wiþþ {g}oddcunndnesse filleþþ{;} Þatt illke child. tatt tær wass leᵹᵹd. Inn an full naru cribbe{;} Forr þ̵ he wollde ᵹifenn uss. All heffness rume riche. [Linenotes: 5. _heffness_] erasure of _o_ after _he_; so also in _hefennlike_, l. 8; _werelld_, l. 9, &c.; see notes. || 13. _full naru_ over an erasure.]