The Ormulum

The first edition since 1878 of a primary twelfth-century text, the only example of a key transitional dialect between Old and Middle English. The first re-edition of this important work since 1878.

List of contents

• Abbreviations


• Editorial Note


• The Ormulum


• Prolegomena


• Latin Texts


• Homilies


• 1: Homily I/II


• 2: Homily III/IV


• 3: Homily V


• 4: Homily VI


• 5: Homily VII/VIII


• 6: Homily IX


• 7: Homily X


• 8: Homily XI/XII


• Homily XIII


• 9: Homily XIV


• 10: Homily XV


• 11: Homily XVI/XVII


• 12: Homily XVIII


• 13: Homily XIX


• 14: Homily XXI


• 15: Homily XXII


• 16: Homily XXIII


• 17: Homily XIV


• 18: Homily XV/XVI


• 19: Homily XVII/XVIII


• 20: Homily XXIX


• 21: Homily XXX/XXI


• 22: Homily XXII


• Appendix


• Glossary

About the author

Nils-Lennart Johannesson, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of Stockholm. Director of the Ormulum project, from 1993 until his death in 2019.

Dr Andrew Cooper, Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Stockholm. Director of the Ormulum project from 2020.

Product details

• Authors: Nils-Lennart (EDT)/ Cooper Johannesson
• Assisted by: Andrew Cooper (Editor), Nils-Lennart Johannesson (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.08.2023
• EAN: 9780192890436
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289043-6
• No. of pages: 600
• Series: Early English Text Society Original Series
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works