A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: began

Number of occurrences in corpus: 71

A.4.2 80 ath / with her right hand; she began then to name / heaven’s ward
A.4.2 248 p, / and, weary of heart, they began to throng in groups / around t
A.4.2 270 ions. All together then / they began to cough, to make loud noises
A.4.2 281 ell / trembling to the ground, began to tear his hair, / perplexed
The Paris Psalter 105:12 2a e || wraþe ongunnan / gitsunge began || and gramlice / heora godes
The Metres of Boethius: Metre 8 17a ton || gemetlicost / þa gecynd began || þe him crist gesceop / and
The Creed 36b um arette || and ða his rice began / ðone uplican || eðel secan /
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 8 ed and grew strong, / and they began piously to outstrip each othe
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 17 red choirs, / and the brothers began again to return to their reti
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 38 n he saw these things, and he began to give thanks, / and commende
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 15 having seen these things, he began to be more calm in his mind,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 51 at once, collapsing in fear, began to bite the dust, / and drench
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 27 lebrate the mass, / salt tears began to flow in warm streams, / whi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 23 of the day, the brothers then began to seek sustenance, / he held
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 104 ese words were spoken, I then began to write what I had seen. / / #
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 23 dampening dew; / but the stars began to burn up the earth, muddy f
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 89 h gilded heads. / And as they began to bring forth many magnanimo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 77 / and now God’s coming race began to produce / mighty kings of t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 163 ground! / Then the pious bishop began steadfastly to bear witness /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 316 been; / and his horse suddenly began to grow weak in every limb, /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 321 entirely healed, and greedily began to crop the sweet greenery. / I
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 402 ght time. Behold: suddenly he began to roar, / filling the broad l
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 466 day of his death had come, he began to be anxious with great drea
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 795 s bleeding wounds himself, he began / to set off with weary step b
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 893 usband, returning from death, began to encourage / her excessive f
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1174 up healthy straightaway, and began to walk, / and entered the hou
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1350 e.’ / Then one of the enemies began to terrify him, crying out: /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1641 hour. / While he was dying and began to convey his soul with feebl
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 5 is weary companions. / That man began to beat the horses and force
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 25 6 stone of the coffin suddenly began to stretch, / and it fitted its
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 5 s is usual when it is new. / It began to grow and, little by little
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 41 the road of contemplation. / He began between the headlands of the
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 16 your name changed, Paul: / you began to see the bright light after
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 28 the flames, the cruel mother began to eat him, / utterly breaking
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 11 ring the earth as devastation began to disturb it, / once the winds
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 12 having shattered their pact, began to rage in the air, / and, havi
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 13 aving burst their restraints, began to go berserk in the world. /
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 18 ously, / frenzied in its gusts, began to approach from the directio
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 21 victory, / the disrupted earth began to tremble and the uprooted o
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 22 remble and the uprooted oaks / began to fall, with crown and roots
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 24 oisten gently, but menacingly / began to drench the circuit of the
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 26 excessive rain, / the whirlwind began to pound the earth with polis
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 29 nd their beautiful smoothness began to shine like ice, / until they
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 41 ibra, with its balanced pans, began to grow dim; / The cycle of the
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 53 g, / while the undulating swell began to boil with wintry waves; / wh
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 55 y bulk and savage flood-tides / began to pound the promontories wit
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 56 t hand: / in such a way the sea began to swell with savage gusts of
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 66 he blast the pillars suddenly began to topple from their foundati
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 68 the vast rafters, shuddering, / began to shake, buffeted from all s
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 78 ery aspects of uneven country / began to fear mightily that the bui
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 591 derer; / praising the Lord they began to render thanks. / This man wa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 661 / So, in swift succession they began to fill the mouth of the one
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 915 / and then the gleaming liquid began to feed the voracious flames;
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 916 he voracious flames; / the reed began to shine right in the middle
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 932 ging a cunning accusation. / He began to speak to the throng in an
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1050 king. / The impious one at once began through the use of punishment
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1189 ercules. / Then a dread warrior began to torment that champion who
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1603 again, / but those left behind began to give thanks to Christ, / who
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1798 of blood. / Thereupon the child began with words to explain to her
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2038 ly sister. / Thereupon the girl began to bombard kindly Christ in h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2077 densely crowded formation / and began to devastate feeble Thrace wi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2419 at reason, the cruel torturer began to brandish / the blade on a dr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2738 ely form of nine gemstones / he began in vain to swell up against t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 271 was known to him. / The orator began his address amid a doubtful c
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 359 suddenly rose up and the sea began to roar from its very depths,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 720 some pleasant wine, / the king began to narrative a tale to the fa
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1004 / and Theodore, the older man, began to speak, / “See, my son, it
N.MiraculaNyniae 170 ing impediments of speech, / he began to reveal saintly mysteries f
N.MiraculaNyniae 280 here, / but, spread widely, it began to run through faithful peopl
N.MiraculaNyniae 291 his feet; / Over many days he began to live, dead in his limbs, /
N.MiraculaNyniae 371 ed to health by God’s help, began rejoicing / to run on her feet