A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: jaws

Number of occurrences in corpus: 13

A.3.4 301 ms, like glass or a gem, / its jaws brilliant, inside and out. Th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 362 aniel did not fear / the savage jaws of beasts or the maws of lion
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 490 standing lamb from the savage jaws of wolves; / he who more than o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 574 mastiffs gnashing with their jaws / that fill the upper air in va
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 791 n told to tame their snapping jaws, . / Once he had lived a blessed
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 992 eits of beasts and the gaping jaws of wolves, / that frequently ro
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1434 he saints’ limbs with their jaws, / and also the torturers’ gor
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1565 u to pieces you with frenzied jaws / and the beaks of birds will l
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1646 t same holy man with horrible jaws: / in this way is glory stolen b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1647 is glory stolen by the black jaws of jealousy / and the praise of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1670 ash its teeth with terrifying jaws, / and the pastures do not know
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1956 tiffs usually tear with their jaws. / Then the suitor approached, a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1999 n was shoved towards lions’ jaws of to be mangled, / so that the