A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: sought

Number of occurrences in corpus: 57

A.3.4 416 so that they far from there / sought an abode, a more sorrowful dw
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 12 e joys, / and the gain he once sought for himself with his hands, /
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 40 ing in the homeland that they sought, / where the body of Peter lies
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 116 the honour of royal rule, / he sought benefits for his own people;
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 545 abbed up their standards, and sought safety in flight. / The victori
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 659 . / Christ’s splendid warrior sought out this place fearlessly, / a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 680 ing the prison of the flesh, / sought the heights and ascended abov
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1093 n company with worthy men, he sought out a small enclosure / so tha
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1212 at of honour to another, / and sought out a monastery with devout h
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1239 his deeds / in the church, he sought out a place of retreat apart,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1290 s eyes on the present life he sought out the stars. / From his early
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1296 ot. / Led by love of Christ, he sought out a pilgrimage / and died in
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1524 loved protégé / Eanbald, and sought out a place of retreat apart,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1566 our months likewise / after he sought out a place of retreat apart,
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 8 . / Led by love of the Lord, he sought our foreign parts, / desiring t
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 7 2 borders of the Franks, / but he sought to scatter the seeds of the d
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 42 e wave-sounding sea, / where he sought out places suiting his heart,
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 15 oved to a holy cell. / Then he sought the heavenly citadels through
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 33 of this transitory life, / he sought a sacred martyrdom with red b
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 22 as over, / Thomas straightaway sought ethereal heaven. / A priest of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1066 lot, / the bishop triumphantly sought the blue-grey skies, having c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1484 his fate, / and in tears, they sought the saint’s venerable prono
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1508 he time of his adolescence he sought out the desert, / for at fiftee
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1581 ss was complete, / and they all sought the lowly dishes of their cus
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1856 ed to offer aid to anyone who sought it, / planning very many scheme
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2030 virgin, / by earnest entreaties sought to press her brother, / who was
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2048 t his sorrowful sister in had sought anxiously in her cares. / Thus,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2248 demented one, in a complaint, sought the emperor’s permission / to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2297 side by side in a litter they sought familiar estates / which fortun
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2433 restored them the health they sought. / Likewise, she also cured at o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2888 artyrs, / who with dread wounds sought honoured rewards, / purchasing
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 631 e and the manner / in which he sought the stars will be revealed to
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 700 h: the hall of the kingdom is sought for with effort. / You are “
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 708 buries the ashes of many / who sought the golden stars on a flaming
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 52 his clothing(?) elegant; / he sought to surpass his contemporaries
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 98 down to the right coast. / He sought the Gallic fields and climbed
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 240 en neck under the yoke he had sought, / and the celibate man was hon
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 368 fate was in their arms, / and sought to plunder the vulnerable kee
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 413 ng pressure upon him. / He was sought by rulers, of whom one was Wu
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 469 received fields which he had sought to recover. / He satisfied the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 696 nt out from those regions and sought the fields of Gaul. / In faith
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 732 companions. In this way they sought the Roman halls / with swift f
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 777 dgement / of the Lord, all who sought to condemn the soul of a bles
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 825 ous things, which ought to be sought after with much effort: / “T
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 853 any stratagems, by which they sought / to persuade him to profane th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 870 s. / With immoderate weeping he sought the aid of the healer. / There
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 975 divine honey-comb. The people sought holy baptism / and were immerse
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 991 Happy the banishment which is sought out by the purple of kings! /
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1000 eclining years of old age, / he sought to recall the man he had quit
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1012 themselves on the ground / and sought the mercies of Christ, and, w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1060 of the great Peter. / Soon, he sought again the throne of Aedilred,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1063 fter such great turmoil, they sought to deceive by their craft / on
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1108 prelate shone out. / Thus, he sought again the gaping doors of Aed
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1228 ores with many companions and sought the Alpine paths, / in order t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1267 and with much confidence, he sought the open courts / of the divin
N.MiraculaNyniae 296 shes of the sacred man: / they sought the lofty heights of the sple
N.MiraculaNyniae 411 / the one whom shepherds once sought to visit in his mother’s bo