A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryNumber of occurrences in corpus: 2
| The Battle of Maldon 136b | ċielde, || þæt sē sċeaft | tō·bærst, | / and þæt spere sprengde, || |
| The Battle of Maldon 144a | ċe sċēat, / þæt sēo byrne | tō·bærst; | || hē wæs on brēostum wund |