A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: despising

Number of occurrences in corpus: 6

AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 8 wanton senses with his mind, despising the Thunderer’s laws, / bein
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 14 ainst wintry blasts. / So too, despising fragrant balsam for the body,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 366 lways guards a chaste friend, / despising grim damages with thousands o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1115 a salamander is accustomed to despising the heat of the hearth, / eve
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2561 ith, who came of noble stock, / despising the king’s whorehouse with
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2715 haughtiness is accustomed to despising those who are equals / and, hav