A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: stain

Number of occurrences in corpus: 15

ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 31 s the world from its wretched stain / and, once crucified, wiped o
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 12 ed in holy water, / purging the stain of sin in the fountain of bap
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 152 an ungodly deed to pollute or stain them by sin. / Gleaming virgini
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 421 nsed the one pure without the stain of sin, / and in the river’s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 942 e turned away from the unfair stain of envy. / So the father is sai
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1136 s of faith / He washed away the stain of sin with the waters of bap
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1178 oid the vile blemish / and dark stain of Venus, since once they had
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1291 in , / so that they would never stain their own limbs with sin; / rei
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1853 th blind flames, / he strove to stain the splendid one with magic
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1955 aceful speech, / which seeks to stain the names of Christ’s serva
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2157 blemished, without licentious stain, / In this way did Paula’s dau
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2193 virginal modesty without any stain of licentiousness. / At a tim
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 316 former life, / and an unjust stain would harm her former reputat
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 787 as they are exempt from dire stain. / Nor does the body seem hard
N.MiraculaNyniae 69 flood, / and they cleansed the stain of their sin in the everlasti