A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Number of occurrences in corpus: 115

A.3.4 154 ced in years, will be weighed down. / The joy of birds flies from
A.3.4 182 ld lasts. / When the wind dies down and the weather is fair, / the
A.3.4 428 ravels weary-hearted, weighed down by years, / to where he comes
A.4.2 17 n mail. Tall flagons were set down / endlessly there along the be
A.4.2 90 rd I may be permitted / to cut down this purveyor of murder. Gran
A.4.2 194 the crowd of attackers; / cut down their generals, their doomed
A.4.2 247 se heroes doomed to be struck down started out of sleep, / and, w
A.4.2 290 ll of grief, / they then threw down their weapons, departed sick
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 20 t great, with a path sweeping down, / where the rising sun comes q
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 23 when they have been cut these down with scythes, / together with a
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 12 / and the top of my head right down to the ground: / through his sa
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 2 n of movements sinking slowly down / (just as, once, the prominen
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 58 lation skilled in speech, / put down on parchment, inspired by the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 150 salvation, / immediately came down from his high throne, / and in
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 162 ll images of the gods be cast down to the ground! / Then the pious
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 259 rts, through the foe, / he cut down and trampled, he ground down
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 288 acles, / which are now written down and read throughout the world
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 296 went inside, and as they sat down / pious [Oswald] directed that
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 318 a bloody mouth, and, / falling down it rolled around in that fiel
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 463 rewd in learning, / was struck down in his homeland by this illne
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 526 , destroys the crops, strikes down the woods, / so that cruel chi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 546 ight. / The victorious king cut down the ranks of stragglers on al
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 703 om some buildings / by falling down in prayer, when the right han
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1056 th: / for they straightaway cut down the fair one with a bloody sw
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1156 happened to have been struck down by a deadly pestilence / and r
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1170 op and the noble were sitting down to eat, / the sick lad, being
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1177 nk and eat with them. / He sat down, rejoicing at their rejoicing,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1207 told what Bede the master set down / when weaving from their very
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1357 u shall not carry [this soul] down to hell with you today!’ / Th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1578 fatherless orphans, / weighed down with tears, exile, and harsh
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1610 the young man who had fallen down / with excessive terror and he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1636 ar / that young man was struck down by the pestilence of ravaging
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 2 r to God, / was trying to break down a certain temple by himself. /
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 16 ight hand of Christ quietened down the surging streams. / And his
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 6 of the world. / And God called down to him, an unbeliever, from t
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 17 / nor did any razor shave the down of facial hair from his cheek
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 2 . / / # 4.10 / Matthew, in writing down the outstanding teaching of s
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 13 the prophet Enoch had written down in ancient times, / before the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 17 lest the devious thief thrust down into the dark pit / those whom
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 99 above. / Virginity, stamping down the false frivolities of the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 117 ’s false displays, / tramping down the fetid taints of impure fl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 126 s / and does not entirely tramp down the interactions of a lawful
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 155 king in a garland. / She tramps down with her feet upon the relati
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 234 t mind is accustomed to tramp down / the wicked filth of the world
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 314 , / in order that he might tear down the demon’s kingdom and lik
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 345 le heavenly power would smash down, / while seven times agonized th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 357 d when the cruel beast choked down the pitch-black lump, / straigh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 433 .’ / The gracious spirit came down to Christ, / coming now in the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 477 re to swallow lethal draughts down the throat, / one would not fee
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 505 es in his sacred book / setting down the seventy-seven names of th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 685 speech, would be keen / to set down all the signs of his virtue i
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 695 ongful reverence, / did he tear down an infamous pine-tree with le
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 781 ts of grim torture should die down / and the world would once agai
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 790 eaves of the palm. / Lions laid down their fierceness, and paid hi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 850 f burning Hell. / He often tore down the temples of earlier tyrant
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 870 ms. / He was the first who laid down how, in the struggle of our l
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 939 hadows / nor may cataracts pour down inside my inflamed eyes, / unle
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1016 even though the viper, ground down on the rack, raised up its he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1073 s heights / where Titan pours down his golden rays on the world,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1331 g of any use; / there were cast down on the ground the golden idol
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1513 ground on bended knees, face down / he might entreat the father,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1762 devout virgin, / cast his eyes down to earth from the celestial c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1788 n. / She urged her mother, worn down by a weakness of blood, / to to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1988 ven though her parents rained down upon her with a storm of word
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1989 s, / just as the heavens shower down tempestuous drops. / As a resul
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2191 , / so that he might duly write down holy doctrine for her offspri
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2200 of Christ, / whose names I set down in prose some time ago. / The w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2270 ven though the cruel one laid down a hundred strokes. / Then he or
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2285 se illustrious maidens turned down their betrothal rights / and sp
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2368 n. / A winged messenger, glided down from high heaven / flaming in a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2468 may Virginity, that tramples down the sins of licentiousness, / a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2512 ll more firmly cups of boiled down wine, / lest perhaps she might
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2562 h her pure body / and trampling down in their heart the wicked lic
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2598 ocument. / The avenger, looking down from the citadels above, / chas
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2743 underworld. / That beast pulled down proud inhabitants of heaven, /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2746 third part of the stars fell down headlong, / twice as many shini
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2754 me such monsters / and tramples down the crimes of their proud cus
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2762 t of this material presses me down like a large load, / so that th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2776 wild grass, / which as she lies down during the night hours she ch
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2779 e the plump poker rests lying down / on the strewn rushes, reeds,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2798 the sweet juice of the boiled down wine, / pretending that the gra
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2807 the longed-for shore, / taking down the swelling sails from the w
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 48 ny herbs’. / The guest leaps down from his horse and carefully
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 148 ashed and [Cuthbert], bending down, he soothes the frozen feet / w
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 165 I see that the guest had come down from the heavenly hall, / and
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 183 uncertain steps. / They come down to the sea; submerged up to h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 198 esence the saint; and bending down on his knees in supplication,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 262 y they had started, they come down to a river / and they see the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 286 the deception, unable to die down from the pouring water, / disa
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 419 and, / amazing to say, set it down in that very place where he i
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 620 l time. / The saint was sitting down to eat, but, fed on the feast
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 637 the tree-top, / he had fallen down, and gave up his soul after hi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 769 d after the disturbance / died down, Eadberht restored holy peace
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 808 wrath / of a demon was wearing down with frenzy, / forcing him to
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 911 at the membrane had been torn down from the weak wall: / the cer
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 97 rable breezes carried the man down to the right coast. / He sough
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 132 ed these few words I have set down / in misshapen verses, my love
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 166 tell of the tears that poured down the faces of each of them? / T
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 175 asant desire did not slow him down, / to reveal by a pious token t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 230 s time, a prelate was brought down from the north coast. / His na
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 443 the rainwater flowed, / it ran down between the separated beams i
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 587 fragile wall, / a brother fell down headfirst, and his body crash
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 920 indful of your son, and break down your lethargy. The greatest r
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1143 k tortoise-shell, / and he lay down on the dry earth with his kne
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1151 as did the old men who rushed down from the Tarpeian hill. / Afte
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1209 ed, / after he has been thrust down into the depths of the cruel
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1262 of the ocean, and he pressed down / the surface of the vast whir
N.MiraculaNyniae 2 r of the Father, / Christ came down from the height of heaven, wh
N.MiraculaNyniae 30 rom there the sacred man went down to the shore of the wave-toss
N.MiraculaNyniae 202 than speech, the servant went down to the interior of the garden
N.MiraculaNyniae 315 boy lay by the tomb, weighed down by bitter disease. / Suddenly
N.MiraculaNyniae 368 and with her whole body cast down / she pressed the earth with he
N.MiraculaNyniae 397 / Christ, whom no-one weighed down by flesh / was able to see now
N.MiraculaNyniae 416 art, / an angel seemed to come down from highest heaven; / standin
N.Æthelstan.Coloph 21 other fierce kings, treading down their proud necks. / Whosoeve