A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: fires

Number of occurrences in corpus: 16

A.3.4 213 then in the heat through the fire’s grasp, / the bird burns along
A.3.4 276 hen he grasps in his feet the fire’s remains, / clasps it in his cl
Juliana 588a r on rime forborn / ðurh ðæs fires fnæst || fif ond hundseofont
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 14 ed great cold in the midst of fires. / Another, desiring to share o
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 702 r how, he turned back burning fires from some buildings / by falli
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 759 her lifetime, / conquering the fires of the flesh in the rites of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 762 hem, burning inside with holy fires of faith, / remained together
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1753 g her virginal limbs in black fires, / but swifter than speech the f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1771 ime Mount Etna, seething with fires, / spewed out burning sulphur in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1776 flame, / put in the path of the fires the holy tomb containing her
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1998 ish granted, might escape the fire’s flames. / Then the virgin was s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2311 tortures on us both at once, / fires and swords and switches red w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2619 with tawny coin; / just as the fires of a kindled hearth crackle m
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 560 llness and sick, / or how many fires of fever he assuaged with hol
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 919 f he were pouring forth / wild fires from his nostrils, and the ho
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1045 than the familiar hydra. / Old fires were rekindled with frequent