A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Number of occurrences in corpus: 75

A.3.4 163 eathered. / Birds throng round about the noble one; / each will be
A.3.4 556 ourney, covered in clay, / sad about my former deeds, into the soi
A.4.2 47 out flies, splendid and hung about / the general’s bed so that
A.4.2 268 ir hubris humbled. Men stood / about their lord’s tent emboldene
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 39 ntryside. / When [Eanmund] set about sending word of these deeds t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 49 h rabid strength / and dashing about rather frequently, and blende
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 4 my account, / when I once sang about certain pious men of English
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 17 ght comes, when the stars are about to hide the light, / men haste
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 1 cred house, which I once sang about in song, / you who shine sanct
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 75 s commands. / That amply came about: as the Thunderer granted, / an
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 312 ywhere / for many miracles came about through the salvific dust / fr
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 318 rolled around in that field, about to die. / In its writhing it ca
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 323 was something rather special / about the spot, and, placing a mark
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 381 ishing still more swiftly and about to die. / Behold, one day, the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 465 oks, the wretch / took no care about the life to come. When he saw
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 467 be anxious with great dread / about what his sins deserved, and t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 686 iest and teacher, once wrote / about them all, first in the langua
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 714 things with a truthful mouth / about himself and others, just as h
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 722 happened to find a young man / about to die he restored him to hea
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 807 minds, / thinking that it came about through magic arts and writin
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 952 by the enemy, / I cast my eyes about to see if some help / might co
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1194 tterly senseless, / and he was about to die, with his body motionl
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1195 otionless. / Then it was indeed about the seventh hour of the day,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1363 Christ’s mercy also brought about then / through this pious fath
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1394 muse forbids me to tell more about him, as she hurries back / to
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 5 e man knew nothing beforehand / about his arrival, and so he did no
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 15 hrist. / The prelate, prescient about events, also prophesied / that
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 6 d right: / he also often he lay about to die for many an hour. / That
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 25 for the ages / and as a mother about to give birth, you will produ
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 35 ejoicing, underwent torture, / about to suffer horrendous wounds o
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 19 le rests in body in Ephesus, / about to receive his rewards when t
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 25 t he was dripping with blood / about to receive his rewards when t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 58 raying throat, / when a prophet about to curse the people wanted to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 110 number which we already spoke about above. / Also upon these from f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 310 acles of a prophet: / and it is about him that the heavenly father
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 484 hrist. / However, a change came about: with a change of name, / blesse
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 520 me of wickedness, which bring about the wounds of the mind. / At la
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 613 en spoke and taught the ruler about what was to be, / explaining ev
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 766 s for whoever prefers to know about his magnificent life, / with wh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1206 nd in the raw skin, / as he was about to experience the sun blazing
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1558 f peace / until he should bring about dark death in demise. / Then [A
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1561 as you wish with your words, about to come to a cruel end! / Doubt
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1562 uel end! / Doubtless you alone, about to die, will perceive an unpl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1690 the blazing sun shone bright, / about which the prophet’s words h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1702 rtal progeny, / and as a mother about to give birth, you will bring
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1842 So too shall I sing in song about chaste JUSTINA, / who won the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1993 suffer the pyres’ torments, / about to consume her blessed flesh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2074 drous start of salvation came about for him. / For at a certain t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2132 the world’s fortunes bring about / and deadly disease, with its
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2220 her blessed suffering is read about on inscribed leaves / whenever
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2257 wer of magicians, / had brought about this foul offence. / So then he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2284 ther, Aurelia, / consulted them about a fine dowry from noble suito
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2351 hree-cornered world, / bringing about the dangers of death for the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2632 e carries a small shield / and, about to shatter with her sword rag
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2765 by others who prefer to learn about fresh theme / and who do not wa
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 203 s you ask, if you stay silent about what you saw / until I leave t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 255 said: ‘I too was wondering about this. / We have not brought a
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 315 ving, a suspicion would arise about her former life, / and an unju
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 411 sound sense. / What shall I say about the watery waves’ paid serv
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 414 voted mind? / For [Cuthbert], about to build a little house there
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 449 he world would never bring it about! .’ / The saint used to say
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 494 fflæd, always to stay silent about our conversation, / until I am
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 496 eaking the truth were brought about in sequence. / Compelled by t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 586 virgin [Ælfflæd] was asking about the ruler’s life-span. / Then
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 663 which no-one can either learn about the recesses of a sheltered h
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 244 en a plague arose and brought about a grievous division / of the pe
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 294 e read for a long time? / What about Columba, in whom the unfortun
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 698 ng Dagobert. / He, when he was about to go where the order require
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 792 nsolent man, traveller who is about to die, you profaned the Gall
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 849 t-time. What will be inferior / about the equal garland which you w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 917 ck worthy of reverence: / now, about to die, you are yourself boun
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 954 you shriek, you crop which is about to die, or / are you being burn
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 980 alled Aedilwalch, / who learned about heavenly Tempe through the me
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1268 urts / of the divine Aedilred, about whom the Muse has already unf
N.MiraculaNyniae 225 into their bowels, / thrashing about and tossing their entrails in