A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: lay

Number of occurrences in corpus: 47

A.3.4 392 her in these dangerous times / lay up for themselves a lofty pro
A.4.2 30 spenser of riches, until they lay unconscious, / his entire staf
A.4.2 106 through his neck, so that he lay in a stupor, / drunk and sever
A.4.2 112 or. The foul, lifeless trunk / lay behind; the spirit moved off
A.4.2 293 e greatest part / of that army lay devastated by war / on the fie
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 4 grey streams, / but strive to lay it bare when going on their b
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 6 eveal a ready road, when they lay the shore bare. / The servant
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 39 , a certain brother, after he lay some time / in the shadow of d
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 17 losed on loosened thresholds, lay open. / The bright-white guide
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 19 r. / The precincts of a shrine lay were revealed, / and remained
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 257 o differently did King Oswald lay low the barbarian hordes ever
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 380 lieve the rest. / A certain boy lay ill with fever for a long tim
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 523 And coming with this force to lay waste and overturn the realm,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 618 s final end. / For four days he lay without any feeling in his bo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 887 ys his pain grew strongly. / He lay ill, he was brought to his la
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1123 mber, a certain young virgin, lay ill. / A vein had recently been
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1129 reeted her as usual while she lay there, / and, pouring forth pr
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1193 battering his brain. / Then he lay utterly senseless, / and he wa
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1617 was sick for a long time, and lay with death in the balance, / d
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 8 hed many from this life; / some lay half-dead in prolonged pain; /
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 30 5 er chest. / She was carried and lay before the body of God’s sa
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 6 t and right: / he also often he lay about to die for many an hour
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 6 he saviour of the ages. / They lay paralyzed for a long time in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 59 people wanted to proceed / and lay low the innocent ass with dar
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 606 had sullied and, although she lay stiff as a corpse in the deat
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 622 crets were signified while he lay in bed. / But when by chance, h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 807 d in Egypt, as I will briefly lay out in verse. / For he burned u
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1359 uld be led through Azotos, to lay low the lofty idol. / Then Dago
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1728 e inflamed by filthy lust / can lay hands on my limbs with shamef
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2473 g. / Not only is it useful to lay low the recruits of licentiou
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2602 rmed no one with weapons / once lay buried under a mighty rain of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2708 ds. / For she mostly strives to lay low the righteous with her ow
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 209 rits day by day: his miracles lay bare his mind. / And now a pr
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 420 ry place where he intended / to lay the foundations of that build
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 533 ed by heaviness in the head, / lay sick groaning for a long whil
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 837 , failing in their function, / lay slack under a heavy afflictio
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 62 a noble line, / but his faith lay concealed behind the boss of
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 441 e denuded, and the dark eaves lay open, / with no gutters in pla
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 534 ruitful earth, rejoiced; / the lay people could easily dare to s
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 925 y agreed, and soon the prison lay open, / and the thickest of cl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1143 dark tortoise-shell, / and he lay down on the dry earth with hi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1240 ed by the terror of death. / He lay there for perhaps ninety-six
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1264 ound him. / The shores of Kent lay open to the contented prow. / H
N.MiraculaNyniae 293 ; / always having injuries, he lay numb in the shadow of death.
N.MiraculaNyniae 315 eeping him in, / the young boy lay by the tomb, weighed down by
N.MiraculaNyniae 369 with her forehead against and lay in the hollow cave. / Then she
N.MiraculaNyniae 406 but even, on bended knees, he lay prostrate / on the marble and