A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: were

Number of occurrences in corpus: 12

Genesis B 713b ǣm wordum || þe hēo þǣm were swelċe / tācen oþ·īewde ||
Genesis A 979b ċēawian. || Þæt wæs torn were / hefiġ æt heortan. || Hyġe-
Genesis A 2220a gann þā ferhþ-ċeariġ / tō were sīnum || wordum mǣðlan: /
Genesis A 2430a Ārones, / þæt þǣm glēawan were || ġunge þūhton / menn for h
Genesis A 2631b īðe / wīf Abrahames% || fram were lǣded / on fremdes fæðm. ||
The Fortunes of Men 50a san || ealdor oþ·þringeþ, / were wīn-sadum; || biþ ǣr his w
Guthlac B 849b , / wuldor-cininges || and hire were sealde / þurh dēofles searu |
Guthlac B 984a and hēo Ādame, / hire swǣsum were, || siþþan sċencte / biter b
The Paris Psalter 139:1 3a ēċe drihten, / and fram þǣm were, || þe wamm fremme. / / # / Þā
The Metres of Boethius: Metre 17 4a ānum twǣm || ealle cōmon, / were and wīfe, || on weorold inna
The Menologium 162a ddan-ġeard / betweox wīfe and were || wurde ā·cenned. / And þæ
Maxims II 33a sċeall on eorle, / wīsdōm on were. || Wudu sċeall on foldan / bl