A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: face

fax noun fem abl sg x_cis

facio verb pres imperat act 2nd sg conj3_io

fax noun fem abl sg x_cis

facio verb pres imperat act 2nd sg conj3_io

Number of occurrences in corpus: 47

A.3.4 92 e of the sun, / and to come to face God’s candle, that bright g
A.3.4 600 n that happy home / before the face of the eternal Lord, / togethe
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 37 . / Falling before her blessed face, the children drenched / their
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 50 lent with the uncomprehending face of the unhappy at heart, / and
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 52 dust, / and drenched his whole face with tears. / But she repeated
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 6 es, / radiant with a beautiful face, / and of my own accord took st
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 38 Then I, very fearful, bent my face nearer to the ground, / entrea
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 40 to save / a fearful man in the face of his foes.’ / I turned my
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 44 placed his limbs. / Before his face, an altar dedicated to God dec
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 56 out these words, I turned my face, and looked towards / Draco, I
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 58 I was allowed to recognise / a face I once recognized from Irelan
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 98 man, / unfamiliar in dress and face, who spoke to him in friendly
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 333 found some water, washed her face, / arranged her hair, covered h
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 631 now-white garb, / with a fiery face, and predicted the following:
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 769 as supple in sinew; / her holy face was shining with ruddy charm,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1142 hilly pallor covered her pale face, / from her nostrils in turn th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1609 n white clothing, / shining of face and splendid, with handsome b
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1644 / a man descending, radiant of face and dress, / and he soon place
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 497 ing bright light, fell on his face with bended knee. / Although, b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 607 young woman with a beautiful face. / The ruler observed her, and r
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 658 titudes / covered the child’s face, amazing to say, / and even they
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 718 ot care to glimpse the female face. / But they both addressed the h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 818 ed the saintly old man in the face of the swollen flood / and trem
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 965 loods of tears / and rinsed his face with salty fountains from his
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1150 in varied clothes and fair of face / brought the finest of feastin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1162 and blushing with a beautiful face, / who wore a golden brooch with
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1360 idol. / Then Dagon fell on his face with shattered knees, / and his
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1513 o the ground on bended knees, face down / he might entreat the fat
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1923 voices, / and the shame in her face properly punished the offence
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1983 ld be harder than iron in the face of bloody tortures. / Her mothe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2177 decorous curls, being fair of face, / this self-effacing virgin of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2685 k the fruit, / the eyes in your face will straightaway become open
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 18 fant screamed and drenched it face with bitter grief. / The game
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 78 on pressed the earth with his face: / the winds change, and when
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 573 tched end and, / drenching his face with tears, he redoubles freq
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 743 , / and joyfully raised up his face and kindly hands / to the star
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 906 health-giving strength. / His face was formerly touched by an mi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 916 ed over the eyes and reddened face of the holy man. / He swiftly
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 924 on / that formerly affected my face. But now indeed the grace of
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 929 re from heaven in the saintly face. / We have offered these gifts t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 112 th and the perfectly gleaming face of the illustrious man. / “S
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 499 and soon he noticed her pale face. / He was stunned and stopped wh
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 512 he brought forth tears on his face and beat his breast with his
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1245 chael, radiant with a shining face. / The father looked at him, no
N.MiraculaNyniae 264 e dissolved and to see Christ face to face.” / After the wondrou
N.MiraculaNyniae 425 ed priest prostrated himself, face to the ground, / and when he mo
N.MiraculaNyniae 439 e, he gave kisses to the holy face, / touching with his lips the mo