A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: wretches

Number of occurrences in corpus: 10

AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 4 est; he was generous to needy wretches. / He gave away the wealth whic
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 8 es, giving gifts / to the poor wretches who, shut out of the gates, /
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 13 no one these things, / and the wretches undertook never to tell, / for
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1052 them for Christ. / But when the wretches recognized the new manners an
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 17 2 to the servant of God / twelve wretches in rags and lacking bread; / an
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 12 er of the world, / confer on us wretches certain assistance / and do not
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1590 y deliver nourishment to poor wretches; / indeed, on this feast day the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1610 in dense throngs, / so that the wretches might equally seek the nouris
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2392 irgin Victoria promised these wretches, / if they would open up faithfu
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 87 rcome, he says: / ‘Alas, we wretches, whose minds are overcome by s