A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: sweet

Number of occurrences in corpus: 50

A.3.4 213 chosen dwelling steams / with sweet odours; then in the heat thro
A.3.4 653 d fills his two feathers with sweet and joyous herbs, / with the f
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 23 yers. / This man considered it sweet to be joined with holy bands /
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 8 a broad field, which gave off sweet scent / from beautiful flowers
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 321 nd greedily began to crop the sweet greenery. / Its rider recognize
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 357 cles had been performed, / and sweet peace was restored to Christ
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 979 d very faint indeed. / The very sweet voice of singers also resound
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1411 enses in nectar, / gushing out sweet sap from his honey-flowing he
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 5 but barren sand, / and where no sweet stream of water could be foun
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 10 t straightaway they merited a sweet stream. / Suddenly the previous
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 29 1 ws. / / # / In that place a smell sweet with heavenly nectar , / has be
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 47 antiphons strike the ear with sweet harmonies / and the singing of
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 85 ations, / where once the purest sweet delights would be undertaken.
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 98 re snatched from danger / give sweet thanks together to Christ who
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 168 h sprouts shoots; / just as the sweet date emerges at the leafy pal
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 238 ple covering, / even though the sweet fruits of the palm-tree outsh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 239 utshine them, / reproducing the sweet savour of nectar and honey. / I
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 342 kind of wild beast / pluck the sweet nourishment of food from the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 401 s; / he despised other meals of sweet splendour. / Blessed Gabriel ha
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 668 ips overflowed, / portended the sweet words of sugared honeycombs, /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 669 arts of people grew fulsomely sweet. / This venerable teacher compil
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1160 osy mouths’, / but Christ’s sweet lips lingered upon his mouth.
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1203 ry; / but the stench exuded the sweet ambrosia of nectar. / Then the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1714 y excess, / since she loved the sweet kisses of Christ instead, / emb
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1980 he girl’s heart / spurned the sweet partnerships of worldly life;
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2033 night they might receive / the sweet dishes of sacred books and th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2135 ter tears, / as she spurned the sweet taint of worldly pleasure. / Sh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2137 te of an asp, / but pressed the sweet lips of Christ to her little
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2186 er heavenly spouse, / bestowing sweet kisses, with mouths pressed t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2232 after those servants had sung sweet songs to Christ / entreating th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2490 reed which guzzles courses of sweet food / and craves to satisfy th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2798 s, / as he is keen to spoil the sweet juice of the boiled down wine
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 234 for believing ages; / on which sweet wines gives off a fine scent
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 347 cribe his inner life / — how sweet he was in speech and grave in
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 369 dwelling, / and still offers a sweet draught to all who drink it.
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 372 e was able to turn water into sweet pure wine. / Wanting to gather
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 389 nd, / bound to them as if by a sweet bond of peace, / for [Cuthbert
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 499 rieving, / is dragged from his sweet retreat and placed in charge
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 510 r he had left the borders and sweet fields of his homeland / so tha
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 655 in his bones, / he leaves his sweet stronghold and the company of
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 841 eet of the holy martyr. / Soon sweet sleep soothed the early hours
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 22 ins, / tasted the surpassingly sweet draughts from this inexhausti
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 49 w, because the throat is made sweet by honeyed nectar, / I shall ba
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 289 , the gentle king spoke these sweet words: “It is fitting to st
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 568 e middle of winter / broke the sweet patterns of this concern whic
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 662 multitude, / and he opened up sweet rivers on the briny cliffs. /
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 975 royed the damp incense-boxes. / Sweet honey poured from the divine
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1118 s / in chosen ranks, lamps made sweet by fellowship and ?most pleas
N.MiraculaNyniae 476 m thirst he brought extremely sweet draughts. / He was a father to
N.Æthelstan.Coloph 21 him come: / let him, bearing sweet honey, discover [these] water