A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryNumber of occurrences in corpus: 4
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 673 | the prowling wolf should not | gnaw | away at the lambs of Christ. / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1434 | the arena / so that lions might | gnaw | the saints’ limbs with thei |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2000 | e mangled, / so that they would | gnaw | her lady’s limbs with grim |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2436 | / so that the grim beast would | gnaw | at the saintly limbs / with |