A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: might

Number of occurrences in corpus: 170

A.3.4 6 / from evil-doers through the might of God. / That whole plain is
A.3.4 175 e bird. / The king glorious in might, the lord of mankind, / has gra
A.3.4 433 a great need for him / that he might be allowed to receive a spiri
A.3.4 499 for the blessed / through the might of the lord. The noble ones d
A.3.4 573 nto eternal life, / so that we might more readily perceive / the gl
A.3.4 583 er death through the Lord’s might, / souls journey together along
A.3.4 616 im the saviour and honour the might / of the heavenly king, sing p
A.3.4 625 eyond measure the strength of might, / high and holy. The heavens a
A.3.4 648 welling-places, / betokens the might of the son of god, / when he a
A.4.2 253 should descend on them, / the might of the Hebrews. They all supp
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 7 ine, sacred to the Thunderer, might be established. / The venerabl
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 5 h perfect words / so that they might desire to hasten towards the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 15 ht the brothers, so that they might seize the light on high, / and
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 17 every single day, / while they might spend this present life in th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 61 r, / that her beloved children might be able to lead their father
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 21 men, striving with strenuous might, / you have beaten the brutal en
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 35 of visiting him, so that they might obtain an amnesty / from the Go
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 29 sailor, weary from the sea, / might secure his ship with its long
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 198 ed there for God, / so that he might receive the sacred water of b
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 243 : / ‘O you, who have vigorous might in battle, / now, I pray, assu
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 283 of Christians / so that there might be endless praises of those s
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 383 s merits the grievous fever might not touch him, / for faith rece
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 580 h heavenly light, / so that he might drive out the gloomy shadows
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 595 waves, / so that a swift death might deliver them from lengthy tor
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 662 e God , / so that worldly glory might not change his ready mind. / He
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 749 istance, / Christ, so that you might grant me speech flowing like
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 879 eternal death. / For so that he might heal souls destroyed by sins,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 917 s, I pondered that it perhaps might be / the punishment of Hell, of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 939 uld turn my step, / or what end might perhaps await me in my wretch
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 953 es about to see if some help / might come to save me from a cruel
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1012 cross the seas, / so that they might bring the seeds of life to ot
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1054 orship of their ancient gods / might quite quickly collapse comple
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1099 crossing-places, / so that he might himself offer food to the nee
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1105 n, / in which that that wretch might receive his customary rations
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1138 htly revered John / so that he might dedicate a church building to
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1240 e of retreat apart, / where he might then empty his whole mind to
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1255 g the needy poor, / so that he might become richer by piling it up
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1391 worldly honours, / so that he might have celestial ones with God
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1418 ry, / so that his tender years might mature in spiritual sense. / No
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1456 wisdom: / in the hope that he might happen to find in those lands
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1463 dripping with divine dew, he might water their fields. / But haste
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1472 sheepfold, / so that the wolf might not harm the lambs of Christ
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1525 e of retreat apart, / where he might then give himself over to the
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 7 in the first rank, / so that he might be a bishop and highest pries
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 9 with hungry , / but that Christ might be abundant food and drink fo
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 2 to the Thunderer, / and that he might go willingly to meet the Lord
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 5 protection, / in order that he might increase Christ’s sheepfold
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 10 plectrum, / reader, so that you might learn what he was like too, / a
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 43 uiting his heart, / in which he might gather heavenly flowers / and b
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 56 above the rooftops / so that it might scatter its pious light furth
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 29 ; / it is the father’s lofty might that will grant you shade, vi
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 26 hwood on the fire / so that he might drive out the wintry clouds w
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 5 divine doctrine / so that they might seek the lofty kingdom by a h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 82 , / so that through doctrine he might convert more to Christ, / turni
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 174 ow metal, / likewise, so that I might sum up six examples in two li
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 264 diments, / so that rain showers might flow copiously from the dusky
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 265 m the dusky sky / and the earth might burgeon again with fecund see
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 309 the present life, / so that he might eloquently declare the oracle
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 314 to prophesy, / in order that he might tear down the demon’s kingd
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 316 trength of the Thunderer; / and might establish and build the kingd
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 355 nquering a dragon through his might, / he cast a dark morsel into it
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 360 rendous wrath, / even though he might experience and tolerate the t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 380 ’s flames, so that the fire might prompt worship, / while hostile
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 621 in windy speech. / So that they might explain the fates of what was
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 688 at brought salvation, / so they might be more willing to root out t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 729 at the fellowship of our life might remain with you. / BASIL, who
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 745 s, / so that the highest prince might hammer out the construction o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 757 ht holy worshippers / that they might seek barren fields in woody p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 871 ggle of our life, / monasteries might keep to a longed-for rule, / an
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 872 in what way a holy worshipper might hasten, / ascending by a straig
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 925 alse accusation, / so that they might dent the bishop’s fame with
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 952 s / so that his malicious words might darken the bishop’s life; / h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1049 at in an exchange of words he might speak with the cock-eyed king
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1052 ts, / so that as a suppliant he might pray to idols of ancient gods
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1060 , / obeying the wicked emperor might bow to blows inflicted. / Yet e
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1127 ic, / so that the promising boy might learn the accomplishments of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1152 urs, / so that the bold warrior might grow soft with such displays /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1177 hat deep in their hearts they might avoid the vile blemish / and da
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1180 baptism / to the point where it might strip the old spoils from her
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1181 om her mind / and a new blanket might be taken up from the streamin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1205 / so that the martyr’s limbs might be bound in the raw skin, / as
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1260 m his first years, / so that he might learn the dialectal doctrines
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1271 that during that interval he might entreat the Thunderer with hi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1393 enlightening signs the pagans might be able to believe / in the hig
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1434 into the arena / so that lions might gnaw the saints’ limbs with
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1477 p of so that morsels of wheat / might nourish the Lord’s servant
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1485 erable pronouncement, / that he might heal the poor man’s misfort
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1514 on bended knees, face down / he might entreat the father, relying o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1610 throngs, / so that the wretches might equally seek the nourishment
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1655 , / granted that the wide world might celebrate their praises / until
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1665 guilty displays / so that they might follow the lord of light with
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1687 of the father, / so that Christ might release the world from dusky
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1706 for your heart; / the heavenly might of the father, virgin, will p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1733 rror / until as believers, they might receive the gifts of the font
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1765 e needy gave help / so that she might become stronger than those cr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1802 jewelled display, / so that she might give suitors’ ornaments to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1804 ifts to the destitute, / and so might store up treasures in the cit
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1807 / so that, being wealthy, they might offer their inheritance to Ch
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1825 res, / so that the blessed girl might feel the horror more, / while
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1840 nce the blood of the innocent might be suitably avenged / through t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1848 hat this virgin and her dowry might be his for ever, / and from her
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1849 for ever, / and from her there might come generations of descendan
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1858 aintly mind / in so far as he might battle on, using the dread we
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1871 alas, the crime, so that they might deny Christ with the voice of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1898 / so that as a wise virgin she might be able to pass through the b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1900 / and, seeking out the bishop, might receive the benefits of bapti
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1904 with iron-hard cares. / Then a might crowd of neighbours, also mov
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1951 t / so that the virgin’s eyes might not suffer the dusky darkness
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1953 of whores / so that the virgin might be besmirched by the sin of f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1992 s, / so that the blessed virgin might suffer the pyres’ torments,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1998 o that she, her wish granted, might escape the fire’s flames. / T
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2015 s if it were dirty filth, she might follow Christ freely. / As a re
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2019 e virtue, / the almighty judge, might proffer the prize of life, / he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2032 l bond, / so that at night they might receive / the sweet dishes of s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2039 y Christ in her heart / that he might deign to heal the wound of he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2104 / so that as a poor warrior he might follow Christ in his need, / no
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2109 creator, a lover of chastity, might keep safe / the one who had aba
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2143 ttle virgin lived / so that she might deservedly be celebrated in f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2170 est summit / so that shining it might radiate with light for all: / i
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2191 er across the sea, / so that he might duly write down holy doctrine
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2192 spring / in such a way that she might store up a treasure-chest in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2259 ripped of their robes / that he might feast upon the obscene sight
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2287 ory world, / in order that they might be joined perpetually in marr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2296 using words of guilty suitors might devise. / So side by side in a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2513 d down wine, / lest perhaps she might lose the victory of a heavenl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2782 h burning July / or even August might stretch out time on earth, wi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 7 fe, / so that in due course He might from on high bring him having
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 150 rnestly that, being tired, he might deign to wait / until the time
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 306 ready preparing as to whom he might send on this journey / — for
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 511 o that as a diligent exile he might learn the Lord’s mysteries.
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 733 priest there so that Cuthbert might worthily seek the stars / with
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 750 r us from our enemy; / in Your might You move fields and hordes, a
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 812 t the lofty power of Cuthbert might shine more powerfully. / Then
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 7 ing tongue of a righteous man might not blurt out / anything fooli
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 133 verses, my love burns that it might survive to tell / several more
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 181 r, to whom, / when he died, he might be able to entrust the sheepf
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 199 lvin refused this, so that he might not meet the same fate. / In th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 238 at, because of his youth, / he might easily be induced to run away
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 239 y, and that the unstable age / might perhaps draw him headlong to
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 315 minds. / But, in order that he might not rush over the precipice o
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 484 o that my presumptuous tongue might not bring shame. For no tongu
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 566 ransparent water, / so that he might not fall into the fire throug
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 595 / so that the supreme shepherd might restore his injured sheep. / H
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 601 slain the choice soldier, / he might terrify greatly the fragile s
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 671 offering, in the hope that he might be able / to deceive King Adal
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 748 s, / in order that what is old might not perish through crude new
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 771 thority, / so that this poison might not spread and infect the unw
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 778 established, in order that he might not, / like a vile apostate or
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 795 inquit), “And I wish that I might suffer with joy for the name
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 890 arren labour, / with which they might be able to terrorise the hear
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 984 mind to Wilfrid, / so that you might be able to regain the crown o
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1018 m him, / in order that Aldfrid might not die and succumb to the sa
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1030 ing with your famous sceptre, / might keep the lofty commands of th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1074 prophetic draughts, / that he might be able to perceive the inter
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1207 consider with us, so that he might not / see the deadly chasm and
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1217 en on fixed days, / so that he might perceive in reality what now
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1222 on people in order that / they might resolve the fierce quarrel wh
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1229 pine paths, / in order that he might pass through the Celtic field
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1238 they feared to wait for what might actually happen, / and they we
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1306 A terrible fear arose that he might depart from them. / However, w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1367 plication and begged that she might allowed to touch it. / The vir
N.MiraculaNyniae 4 ste mother, / in order that he might save certain of us from wrath
N.MiraculaNyniae 53 st priest, / namely so that he might shineas a lamp of the sacred
N.MiraculaNyniae 61 at of war was overcome, / they might receive purple crowns with th
N.MiraculaNyniae 332 But I pray that through you I might be freed from this sickness,
N.MiraculaNyniae 333 ckness, / and that ample glory might arise from your merits, / so t
N.MiraculaNyniae 335 n overcome, / without delay you might order health to return to the
N.MiraculaNyniae 382 s of his homeland / so that he might diligently learn the mysterie
N.MiraculaNyniae 410 s nourishing body, / so that it might be granted to me to see him p
N.MiraculaNyniae 444 ord of heaven that he himself might deign / that the nature of the