Þat we nu mælenn ummbe

Wass maȝȝstredwale, an defless þeww,

Þat Arrius was nemmnedd."

Of all this loathsome learned folk

That we now talk about

Was an arch-heretic, a devil's serf

That Arius was named.

—(Orm. i. p. 258, l. 7454.)

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til god srid him in manliched,