A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: threshold

Number of occurrences in corpus: 18

ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 19 frequent and visit the sacred threshold of the church, / so that perpe
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 19 ey had previously crossed the threshold of black death. / He too, rely
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 8 ascend through the cloudless threshold / among the ranks of saints, wh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 15 e to close off the heavens’ threshold, / or to mislead the saints with
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 571 r / who lays open the brilliant threshold of perpetual life. / For that r
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1041 approach its sacred gate’s threshold, / with the wicked one’s decep
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1307 roken / while they light up the threshold of starry Olympus with their
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1362 hed from his shoulders on the threshold, / while ruddy dawn shone from h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1503 y, / and crossing the beautiful threshold of perpetual life. / Then in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2008 a martyr she ascended to the threshold of eternal heaven. / Now let
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2380 life, when death barks at the threshold, / robbing declining hearts of v
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 30 ights. / Right from the first threshold of life the glory of virtue /
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 96 es him and carried him to the threshold of light. / Learn, shepherds,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 226 s / Who once threw open the red threshold of the sea for His own, / gran
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 301 ‘My dear wife lies at the threshold of death; / now her limbs grow
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 604 hat when you cross the golden threshold of the radiant kingdom / I am
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 672 tent death is knocking at the threshold, / entrust these limbs to the t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 728 int, soon crossing the sacred threshold, / health quickly embraced his