A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: lions

Number of occurrences in corpus: 7

ALDHELM.CarmVirg 362 jaws of beasts or the maws of lions, / even though the outstanding p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 790 ’s high leaves of the palm. / Lions laid down their fierceness, a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1241 abid bites and, gnawed by the lion’s teeth, / would experience aveng
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1434 shoved into the arena / so that lions might gnaw the saints’ limb
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1443 as and phrases: / ‘And savage lions learned to look after their p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1999 the virgin was shoved towards lions’ jaws of to be mangled, / so tha
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 98 of ambush by night and tawny lions, / so that the sacred songs of