A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: wretched

Number of occurrences in corpus: 26

A.3.4 442 atures, where their enemies, / wretched attackers, often caused them
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 9 life. / He was generous to the wretched, but exceedingly sparing to hi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 326 last laboured breaths of her wretched life. / While her father’s d
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 408 e abbess. / She, perceiving the wretched movements and cries of the ra
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 842 d he fell, conquered amidst a wretched slaughter of his followers, /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 934 ry flame was filled / with the wretched spirits of men who, like spar
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 8 on after, he finally suffered wretched punishments; / and after three
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 4 the proud, / a comforter to the wretched, poor to himself but rich to t
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 31 , delivers the world from its wretched stain / and, once crucified, w
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 34 d all at once / throughout the wretched city with its inhabitants doo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 809 a while / had swallowed up the wretched natives in its dark throat, / u
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 820 / to offer willing help to the wretched citizens . / He, scribbling in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1376 e ancient works explain; / that wretched castrated exile lurked in Lat
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2211 ], offering sustenance to the wretched. / She bestowed the income of he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2366 d over their ornaments to the wretched poor, / keeping nothing for the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2609 was just such a death for his wretched household, / whom likewise a ma
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2693 rom this arose wickedness for wretched mortals: / that leader, relying
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 310 ark demon / was afflicting the wretched woman with dreadful torments.
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 425 hat gentle man, restoring the wretched with sacred consolation, / cal
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 572 of war would soon result in a wretched end and, / drenching his face
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 505 eds and give a pledge to your wretched foster-daughter.” / She redo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 519 cred water, giving joy to his wretched mother. / She received him back
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1133 oured lavish gifts into their wretched (elegis) open palms. / Therefo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1369 t last, / sympathising with the wretched woman, who was making her req
N.MiraculaNyniae 366 eign to render light again to wretched me.” / The faithful woman, l
N.Nyniae.Hymn 46 k darkness, / to which the wretched ones return; a penalty remain