A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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A.3.4 273 rs, / the remnants of the pyre back together, and then, fairly ad
A.3.4 309 ut together over the bird’s back. / The thighs and pale feet / ar
A.3.4 354 n from that warlike creature / back to their homes. Then the prin
A.3.4 367 wondrously awoken, / he comes back amazingly to life. / Therefore
A.4.2 169 erstood that Judith / had come back to her homeland, / and then un
A.4.2 217 thens. That was harshly / paid back to all of them, the Assyrians
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 51 he sacred cloths. / He brought back the blessed treasure gift, an
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 67 ter death; but, having turned back from the shores of death, / he
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 29 , and his throat did not hold back from song. / And when the Virg
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 24 sustenance, / he held himself back sparingly from all food, / and
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 24 s through time, / and hold you back from the bonds and beatings o
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 16 shower sweeps in, are forced back by the standard of the young
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 32 gions of thorny country, / rein back the purpose of the exalted wa
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 54 / Listen, they were bringing back through the battle-lines nume
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 87 ift, / small statues, directing back to gazing eyes / images of the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 45 th her own shields / or summon back their forefathers’ liberty
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 385 boy believed, he ran swiftly back home, / hastening with healed
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 529 ither sex nor age brought him back / to the duty of piety; he spa
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 690 when himself a boy, he called back by his prayers from the sea /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 702 turned out; / or how, he turned back burning fires from some build
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 797 aptured by the enemy / and led back by winding way to a certain n
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 878 this song / will help to call back many from eternal death. / For
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 889 st part, he breathed and came back to life, / and as he rose up a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 916 ven, they were in turn / borne back again, weeping, into the flam
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 928 if from a pit, and then sank back again. / Then my guide went awa
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 932 , / in a second movement, fell back again to the bottom of the ab
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 935 , / ascended and likewise fell back with the flames, / and an exte
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 984 ed his step, / and then led me back along the path by which we ha
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1061 ey floated eleven miles right back to their companions. / But in w
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1133 whole body as the bishop went back outside. / From then on, snatch
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1169 n, boy, and get your strength back.’ / Afterwards, when the a bishop
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1300 uncorrupted, and was brought back from there to his homeland. / T
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1385 out of the sea, / bearing you back utterly safe to familiar shor
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1394 ore about him, as she hurries back / to the end of the poem, and
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1457 in books and studies to bring back with him. / He also came devout
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1466 For after he had been brought back to his native shores, / he was
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1476 ible desert waste / he brought back on friendly shoulders to the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1651 packed / in a vulnerable ship back to the harbour at York, / who
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 10 1 rord the evangelical man came back, / bringing them the words of li
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 13 do not leave us to be thrust back from right there to enemies, /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 5 ith rosy bloom, / and also hold back the sapphire surface of the w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 514 with the key of heaven, / right back to the time when the most pow
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 642 s: / while being carried on the back of a hoofed animal through ba
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 663 in droves. / After this, going back to the clouds above in convoy
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 787 roduced, / and poured the water back into a hole below. / A swift bi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 824 the sky. / Straightaway he held back the furious billows of the sa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 869 ipped into the swell, / to come back again to its owner’s arms. /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1101 In this way salty power, held back by holy force, / calmed the swo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1207 light. / But burning Titan held back his boiling heat / so that the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1347 , / but his club did not spring back with stiff strength in the te
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2097 nners of triumph / and bringing back from the enemy famous trophie
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2300 hey were both hastily brought back to the city once warriors had
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2338 e a ship’s plank, / returning back to the bank, with their lives
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2467 d-formation, the Virtues / beat back the cruel missiles of the wic
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2648 away Christ’s warrior beats back with his boss / the spears of s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2651 heart and a spirit that holds back / the seats of emotions with ha
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 127 ing out on a journey was held back by a rainy easterly wind / —
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 157 goes away, desiring to bring back warm bread, / because there on
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 166 le wings he has taken himself back to the stars that are his ki
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 193 nd right hand, and sends them back to their native waters; / and
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 245 g the waters / He will lead us back by a ship-bearing path to our
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 266 ters? / Run, I ask, and bring back whatever the Lord has sent.
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 295 bent to prayers and, turning back the wind and fire, / he turns
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 296 the wind and fire, / he turns back the danger with his word —
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 363 n could scarcely carry on the back of their necks: / yet he had
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 399 d begs forgiveness and a way back. / Having made peace [the bird
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 400 ng made peace [the bird] goes back to find its companion. / At le
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 628 om your forces / was returning back to the golden stars in sweet-
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 679 e delayed for five days, held back by raging waves, / they return
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 705 an timidly to turn your minds back from that boundary / which Hol
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 736 , / while those on Farne kept back the wakeful shadows with vigi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 770 ored holy peace / and summoned back the scattered sheep to the sa
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 835 oth / opens up the path leading back to health. / Yet another man, w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 347 n the truthful minister. / The back of his head was enriched with
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 371 from my own possessions. Come back to your senses. / The violence
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 392 watch. / Therefore they turned back, defeated, four times, / and th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 520 ched mother. / She received him back straightaway and carried him
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 525 tain official brought the boy back, against the will of his mothe
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 634 t a hostile fate will pay you back for your rejoicing! / Not befor
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 678 the hostile associates to go back. / There is no doubt that he wa
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 794 chance, when I sent the king back?” / he replied (inquit), “And I
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 812 dignant, / not wanting to give back the booty they had stolen. / T
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1084 ned everything, crept quickly back inside the palace. / Therefore,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1145 ith his holy strength / he drew back the heavenly bolt of the high
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1185 y of the wicked does not hold back from harassing / the life and
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1307 er, with the brothers singing back pleasing songs to Jesus, / he
N.MiraculaNyniae 145 nt one. / Restored health crept back and pushed back the darkness;
N.MiraculaNyniae 147 d’s confirmation the pushed back darkness disappeared. / When t
N.MiraculaNyniae 290 mb, / because injuries had bent back both his feet; / Over many day