A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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A.3.4 165 to that famous prince, / until they seek the land of the Syrians,
A.3.4 247 amage them under the clouds; / they find sustenance there, take p
A.3.4 324 n throughout the world, / then they gather from south and north,
A.3.4 327 in throngs of people, / where they gaze upon the Creator’s gif
A.3.4 390 in the dwelling-places, / how they maintain under the heavens a
A.3.4 398 ck of bounty, / for as long as they were willing to keep the word
A.3.4 402 / so that through evil counsel they both tasted the apple, / savou
A.3.4 408 vously repaid for their sin; / they had God’s wrath, a bitter p
A.3.4 412 cause of that, / sad at heart, they have had to give up / the joy
A.3.4 415 rough a wicked heart, so that they far from there / sought an abo
A.3.4 476 nse for their deeds, / because they kept the holy teachings / hot
A.3.4 479 e lord, / with brilliant faith they choose the dear one / above wo
A.3.4 481 no joyful hope for them / that they should long remain in this fl
A.3.4 487 es, / deprived of souls, where they shall be long / covered in eart
A.3.4 579 d, / facing into the sun. There they afterwards / remain for many ye
A.3.4 596 evilly with wickedness, / but they live there always, in a brill
A.3.4 609 again, never diminished, / but they dwell in beauty, wrapped in g
A.3.4 658 d, / in the joy of joys, where they bring as a gift to the lord /
A.4.2 10 most eminent officers to it; they complied, / those shield-fight
A.4.2 15 uty, first visited him. / Then they went to sit at the feast, / pr
A.4.2 19 imming for the hall-visitors; they partook of that as doomed men
A.4.2 30 ed dispenser of riches, until they lay unconscious, / his entire
A.4.2 31 rowned with drink, just as if they were struck dead, / drained of
A.4.2 37 bangles, / to his bedchamber. They did immediately, / his underli
A.4.2 40 / to the guest-quarters, where they found Judith, / sage of spirit
A.4.2 54 a private communication. Then they directly brought / the wise la
A.4.2 134 h departed from there, / until they, those elated and triumphant y
A.4.2 136 yond the encampment, / so that they could plainly see / the walls
A.4.2 139 immer, / Bethulia. Bejeweled, / they hurried on in their chosen wa
A.4.2 140 en way / until, glad of heart, they had reached / the gate. The so
A.4.2 160 tizens were overjoyed, / after they heard how the saint called / o
A.4.2 168 ess was gladdened / as soon as they understood that Judith / had c
A.4.2 170 and, / and then unhesitatingly they reverently let her in. / Then
A.4.2 207 ven, / that bloodthirsty bird. They both knew / that the men inten
A.4.2 220 defenders’ encampment. Then they smartly / let fly forth shower
A.4.2 235 gh or low / of living men whom they could overpower. / Thus the me
A.4.2 241 / with powerful sword-strokes. They went to convey that / in words
A.4.2 243 senior aides / to the prince; they roused the standard-bearers /
A.4.2 248 sleep, / and, weary of heart, they began to throng in groups / ar
A.4.2 250 Holofernes, / the baleful one. They intended to announce / the com
A.4.2 253 m, / the might of the Hebrews. They all supposed / that the prince
A.4.2 270 ectations. All together then / they began to cough, to make loud
A.4.2 274 waken / their friend and lord; they hardly succeeded. / Then one o
A.4.2 290 beheaded.” Full of grief, / they then threw down their weapons
A.4.2 321 ut them to sleep with swords. They rested on the grass, / those w
A.4.2 335 ward / for that selfsame woman they brought from that foray, / men
A.4.2 340 and gleaming treasures, that they gave to the radiant, / brillia
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 5 de no simple song. / For while they indicate to you leading men o
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 10 eated / from your stock, and they have pleased their God. / More
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 16 as their shepherd urged that they at least desire / to serve thei
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 6 and reveal a ready road, when they lay the shore bare. / The serv
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 23 ake care to remove them, when they have been cut these down with
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 52 when hurrying to buildings, / they hastened to hide among bristl
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 53 hide among bristling thorns. / They rejoiced in opposition, being
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 63 to the vows of the pious, and they descend like snow on the conf
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 64 th innumerable prayers, which they and carry to the stars, / befo
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 65 o the stars, / before God, and they had been opening up, / which h
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 69 stars; / and shining in light they praise the Lord, / and raise u
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 5 e with perfect words / so that they might desire to hasten toward
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 8 creased and grew strong, / and they began piously to outstrip eac
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 15 taught the brothers, so that they might seize the light on high
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 17 God every single day, / while they might spend this present life
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 27 the bowels of the earth, and they were taken from the rich grou
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 33 ting songs with their beaks, / they sang together beautifully, br
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 34 y to all, / and on top of that they veiled the holy man’s skull
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 35 ith their wings. / In this way they did not cease for the whole d
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 9 4 with magnificent gifts, / and they raised the blessed man above
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 11 him / with shining faces, and they were his sons, whom in their
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 38 hed / their cheeks with tears; they lamented their mother’s wra
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 64 rkness , / for his sins, where they will be gnashing and everlast
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 12 8 rth duly consecrated prayers / they then commended his soul to th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 8 n crown it with foliage / when they enclose in the pyx the gifts
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 13 es, and in countless troops, / they descend like snow when summon
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 14 he prayers of the pious, / whom they always undertake to defend by
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 15 d by their sacred merits, / if they strive faithfully to battle f
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 12 oughout their whole life-time they would tell no one these thing
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 26 hoirs beneath the church-roof / they sang together the sweet-sound
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 29 And when, as the day drew on, they completed the singing of mass
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 34 ing the building reverberate, they filled it with booming song. /
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 34 of the monks increased, / and they desired to accumulate for the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 2 r this cell of brothers. / May they now all receive the greatest
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 9 , as pious, just, and kindly. / They scattered the splendid seed o
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 20 ting songs to their king, / as they duly praise the Thunderer in
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 21 underer in psalms and hymns. / They glorify with their voices in
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 7 their spiritual solemnities. / They desired to hurry quite quickl
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 15 / and, divided into two bands, they sang hymns together as follow
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 89 ng made of a precious source / they could indeed surpass all the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 101 thirst through the ages, / but they have long-lasting joys in the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 8 ace by their merits, / so that they embrace pure faith with body
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 10 / through all the ages, while they aim at better things. / And am
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 10 ame over the burgeoning earth / they roam the fire-flooding mass o
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 12 rld in its menacing citadels; / they fill up the earth, dark from
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 21 of fire from the sky, / nor do they harm by their brightness the
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 27 ng burgeons in a moist spot; / they take up the savour of sap, if
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 36 as lightning-bolts shine when they arise throughout the heights
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 34 he route / of their endeavour, they seek out the sublime assistan
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 35 sublime assistance of Peter; / they gather for the sake of visiti
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 37 id of Peter’s intercession: / they were all linked in the Lord (
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 40 n had been speedily complete, / they reached the blessed building
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 50 mble courses for the homeland they once spurned, / not because th
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 51 ey once spurned, / not because they seek the fleeting flotsam of
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 52 with its luxury, / but because they bear no very trivial offering
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 54 owers, is enriched. / Listen, they were bringing back through th
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 59 red by the Holy Spirit. / Now they offer up garments of attire,
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 60 e, handsome adornments, / which they started to bring forth with g
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 75 Syrian materials arise, which they were wearing, / the variety of
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 83 all over the garments. / Then they were bringing outstanding rel
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 86 prayers of those who pray. / They also still add a certain most
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 89 t with gilded heads. / And as they began to bring forth many mag
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 90 h many magnanimous offerings, / they brought them all to Christ’
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 48 many and foreign realms, / and they are called ‘rock’ [Saxi]
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 50 his race with gifts / so that they would help the homeland and b
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 53 d of their elders’ decrees. / They broke open the royal househol
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 56 pact of agreed-on peace. / But they saw that their payments were
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 57 rranted by such great hopes. / They order messengers to set out a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 58 swift ships. In soft terror, they double their promises / with te
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 67 oreign warriors demanded that they were given / more pay: that wa
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 129 axes on their heads, / unless they wholeheartedly kept the provi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 191 n; / single-minded in strength they flattened and demolished the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 253 . / Indeed, once this was done, they immediately marched against t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 296 likewise went inside, and as they sat down / pious [Oswald] dire
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 302 r that holy king was killed, / they hung on a stake his right han
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 353 ately overcame everyone. Then they recognized / that the dust had
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 370 de during the night. / But when they saw the fire of the divine li
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 371 he fire of the divine light, / they asked to keep what they had p
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 373 d bones to the tomb / prepared they bore them with great honour u
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 420 ecially in his mind. / Amazed, they wanted to know the reason for
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 436 anyone who comes to you, / for they often return recovering the s
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 540 g only three thousand, though they were ready for the fight. / Wit
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 545 d all its weapons and darts, / they grabbed up their standards, a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 605 art for eternal gifts, / since they had previously taken earthly
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 808 ts and writings, / quite often they added fresh bonds to the old
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 859 mon people, / and decreed that they should serve the one God toge
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 913 the souls of men, / who, when they were excessively burned and c
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 915 midst of the cold; / and when they could find no respite even, t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 942 at a captured enemy, / and as they came near I recognised the wi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 944 towards punishment / with whom they descended to the bottom of th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 949 to grab me / with fiery tongs. They could not even touch me then,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 950 even touch me then, / although they had the power to frighten me
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 990 d by bitter punishments, / and they return again purged, to life
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 998 t in all respects / as soon as they die will enter into the hall
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1012 ays across the seas, / so that they might bring the seeds of life
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1035 in quest of pagan soil, where they tried to spread / the words of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1047 on in life for both; moreover they also had the same death. / One
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1050 ious in books / than the fair. They enter the crossing-places of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1053 and customs of the faith, / and they were afraid that the worship
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1055 quickly collapse completely. / They suddenly grabbed them and kil
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1056 them with a cruel death: / for they straightaway cut down the fai
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1059 / of the River Rhine. However, they soon were carried / in a marve
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1061 ’s very strong current, / and they floated eleven miles right ba
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1205 h the dear bishop. / This John, they say, performed many other sig
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1626 members of that holy church. / They soon took him up in gentle em
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 7 6 ift of faith, indeed, / because they happened to have wicked kings
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 13 6 der to the prose first; / there they will already find more fully
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 10 / before God, but straightaway they merited a sweet stream. / Sudde
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 13 with them / as much as the path they had begun through barren fiel
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 9 f-dead in prolonged pain; / but they all had the same excessive te
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 10 me excessive terror of death. / They had hope in the servant of Ch
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 15 gue straightaway receded, / and they rendered praise to the Lord f
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 25 5 t for the body of the father. / They became extremely sad, but ama
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 13 brothers and the people, when they saw that everything / his serva
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 12 arth with their knees, / while they earn forgiveness from a flowi
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 34 of starry Olympus. / But after they went up to lofty heaven, thes
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 18 who had died, / since, healed, they returned again to the light o
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 19 he light of life / even though they had previously crossed the th
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 13 ir unsaintly sanctuaries, / as they opened believing hearts to Ch
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 8 g been deceived by falsehood, they worshipped for a long time / th
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 6 st, the saviour of the ages. / They lay paralyzed for a long time
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 11 perpetual Phoebus, / gradually they were all immersed in holy wat
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 5 ongs divine doctrine / so that they might seek the lofty kingdom
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 4 ad once been called Libbeus. / They said that he brought a letter
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 5 t with frequent prayers / that they may mercifully reduce the wei
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 30 egan to shine like ice, / until they are grimly covered by shade a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 6 the wave-wandering deep / lest they are able to drown the lands
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 25 rom the Castalian nymphs / who, they say, keep the lofty peak of H
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 95 ions of impure flesh, / so that they may maintain their own eterni
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 96 nity in chaste practices / when they break the bonds of the marria
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 107 ad minds of many, / even though they seem as strong as whetstone. /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 125 bundles / from the field while they reap; the one who ties marita
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 139 pluck rare flowers / from which they are able to craft virginity
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 276 ked world: / : for that reason, they carry together the banners of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 549 e Roman realm, / for as long as they scorned to serve the one Chri
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 550 the one Christ, / thinking that they preferred the worship of a te
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 570 the pure one’s pledge, / when they despised the gifts of the sum
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 577 f Scripture, / until, in shock, they all soon turned their backs, /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 591 Thunderer; / praising the Lord they began to render thanks. / This
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 621 ings in windy speech. / So that they might explain the fates of wh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 623 / But when by chance, however, they produced nothing with their o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 624 with their obtuse speech, / but they had feigned very many frivoli
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 638 , with the citadel crumbling, they have collapsed on the ground.
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 659 ace, amazing to say, / and even they crowded around his lips in a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 661 nger. / So, in swift succession they began to fill the mouth of th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 664 o the clouds above in convoy, / they were keen to depart at once f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 688 ng that brought salvation, / so they might be more willing to root
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 719 glimpse the female face. / But they both addressed the holy man w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 757 taught holy worshippers / that they might seek barren fields in w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 818 ring together in thick throng / they placed the saintly old man in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 819 swollen flood / and tremulously they requested properly their fait
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 883 nd their bodies to the earth? / They were made martyrs reddened wi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 885 red through his purple blood. / They yielded their place to the Lo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 886 , as the psalmist sang, / Look, they accept the goblet of salvatio
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 906 triumph / more completely than they celebrate the year’s solemn
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 925 ugh false accusation, / so that they might dent the bishop’s fam
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 968 lty / right up to the time when they fled their lives, when bitter
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 978 ruptured guts of his arse / and they flooded empty hollows through
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 998 alse fripperies, / such as when they showed the king an arm ripped
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1011 aise of the innocent one / when they perceived that the blessed pr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1018 k poison from its throat. / For they strove to mislead the saint b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1029 e for a circuit of six years. / They say that he concealed himself
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1082 reely surpassed that, / so that they were able to expel rotting co
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1088 ttering, who spoil words / when they speak, by their distorted utt
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1089 whatever infirmity occurred, / they made whole with heaven’s he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1092 e exceptional gift of virtue, / they did not carry purses stuffed
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1093 led on pouches of money as if they were black poison, / granting e
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1100 lls, / until quicker than words they bore the saints to the shore.
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1117 o a wood-pile’s stack. / Then they were compelled to climb onto
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1121 guilty torturers. / Thereafter, they took on the bloody garlands o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1175 ne words of Chrysanthus. / Then they contrived by a pledge feigni
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1176 ing the union of wedlock, / and they both lived together harmoniou
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1177 / so that deep in their hearts they might avoid the vile blemish /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1178 rk stain of Venus, since once they had driven it from their hear
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1185 any crowds of the common folk / they brought to believe in Christ
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1201 bs with a putrid stink, / since they say that liquid will dispel d
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1222 ne / he had them purified after they had been dipped in the water
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1244 / who ruled the realm of Rome, they assumed red crowns, / and they
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1245 they assumed red crowns, / and they rest together buried in a cry
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1291 he betrothed virgin , / so that they would never stain their own l
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1295 hastity. / For in their bedroom they saw the narrative of a book, /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1298 anded to be kept. / After that, they set up monasteries for Christ
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1300 s with its prescribed course. / They also founded smaller cells fo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1304 nd monks flourished: / and here they continually served both day a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1307 with strength unbroken / while they light up the threshold of sta
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1341 ake images / of old gods, which they sculpted in shiny marble / or w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1349 is prayers. / Lame Vulcan, whom they pretended to be powerful with
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1398 ements, / Then at the same time they were shoved into the black da
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1415 with enormous noisy turmoil, / they urged the young man to explai
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1448 rs with calloused bodies, / and they, having been dipped in the sac
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1467 tron and having been cleansed they sparkle. / At a certain time
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1484 oaned his fate, / and in tears, they sought the saint’s venerabl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1486 fortune and bitter wound. / and they say that he gave them advice
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1489 ompany you in full health.’ / They were amazed at him because he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1490 rtive theft, / which previously they thought had been done in conc
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1492 as in full health, / as soon as they returned what had been stolen
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1516 ven from flaxen coverings / and they would never suffer old age wh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1527 their feet, / but all the same they stood stiff as bronze statues
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1530 the summer season. / Meanwhile, they recognized where their pain c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1531 d where their pain came from, / they pledged their hearts as belie
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1535 sing on their accustomed path they would be able to make a journ
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1570 in burst through the twilight / they saw that the body had been du
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1581 of the mass was complete, / and they all sought the lowly dishes o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1582 hes of their customary table, / they were fed equally with the dry
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1592 everity are relaxed!’ / Look; they saw before the entrance of a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1596 the fields of Egypt on foot. / They saw pomegranates stuffed with
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1605 y of Pentecost, by which name they call it, / so Almighty God who
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1609 of Egypt with disaster. / Look: they came in bands, and in dense t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1663 rtues shining crowns to wear, / they who spurn in their hearts the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1665 ys of guilty displays / so that they might follow the lord of ligh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1733 ent error / until as believers, they might receive the gifts of th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1781 d been mistreated, / or rather, they adorned saints with their own
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1807 ords, / so that, being wealthy, they might offer their inheritance
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1871 cts, / alas, the crime, so that they might deny Christ with the vo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1872 one damned. / However, because they did not wish to follow the ty
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1873 hat harsh deadly tortures did they gravely endure! / At that time,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1882 the stars of the sky, / just as they had endured together very dre
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1907 am of grief from their eyes; / they soaked their sad faces with f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2000 aws of to be mangled, / so that they would gnaw her lady’s limbs
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2005 kingdom / upon the chosen when they struggle in the worldly arena
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2032 ternal bond, / so that at night they might receive / the sweet dishe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2050 h a devoted mind, / even though they receive no words of comfort f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2118 l through chaste bearing, / and they equally deserved the glorious
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2119 phies trophy of chastity / when they left the world after their ti
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2120 completed / and, being blessed, they hastened to the stars of heav
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2204 s to the consecrated girls / if they would all rather be willing t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2206 from noble men. / If, however, they were not willing to fulfil th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2209 in in tight confinement / where they would receive nourishment fro
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2228 ry many gifts to the girls / if they would only agree to grant his
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2230 ted the servants of Christ / as they spurned the unholy arrows of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2243 ecause of his appearance, / and they fled far away, in a mighty sh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2244 mass; / abandoning the spectre they thought was a dusky ghost. / Fo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2255 sobbing of his household / when they saw their lord painted over w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2273 rather than enduring injury, / they ascended in angelic arms to t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2287 ansitory world, / in order that they might be joined perpetually i
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2295 hts of the Roman city / so that they would not know any disturbanc
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2297 . / So side by side in a litter they sought familiar estates / which
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2298 iar estates / which fortunately they controlled in a far part of E
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2300 their suitors betrayed them; / they were both hastily brought bac
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2301 s had been dispatched / so that they would suffer side by side the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2323 incense. / After this, however, they shoved them both, who were su
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2343 iumphs; / abandoning the earth, they achieved the kingdom of heave
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2349 banners in dense crowds, / when they encircled the heavenly judgem
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2356 with bloody butchery, / so that they deny the author of life once
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2364 ng abominations of the world. / They scatter their wealth and, at
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2365 iving away their inheritance, / they trample upon golden necklets
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2366 th their purple jewels; / soon, they had handed over their ornamen
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2384 ly poison of resentment, / when they saw that their [intended] spo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2391 city poisoned by its breath; / they loathed the lair where the ho
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2393 a promised these wretches, / if they would open up faithful hearts
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2397 bloody slaughter, so long as they preferred to believe in Chris
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2411 ch the wicked snake had fled, / they deigned to build a cell for h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2431 With the rumour still recent, they gathered together those affli
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2432 flicted with various ills, / as they crowded round the saint in a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2433 rgin restored them the health they sought. / Likewise, she also cu
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2452 en far away by God’s power, they fail / and flee beneath dusky s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2459 wo hosts come to fight, / while they bear banners and the battle-t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2462 e Virtues in dense formation, they carry battle-standards, / helme
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2465 slays the monsters of sin, / as they likewise put themselves into
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2466 he battle of the world. / After they had taken up their protective
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2481 lustra, / until the point that they attained the kingdom of the p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2621 he furnaces are fed, / the more they crave, as firebrands flare up
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2650 pur on the mind; lest perhaps they falter, / the joys of a trouble
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2760 can climb to lofty heights / if they follow Christ, who offers a m
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2767 their intellect to grow dull: / they do not spoil the keenness of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2768 their hearts with rough rust / they turn from leisure and do not
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2769 l their own minds. / But rather they ponder sacred books in their
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2794 theless I do not reckon that they will grow completely sour wit
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2817 en, / so that with noisy voices they with may entreat the Thundere
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2831 throughout the world, / crowns they had merited by their own fles
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2837 of poets who are singers, / as they seek in the light the dusky d
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2843 ur correctly, / and nonetheless they do not emend the stumbling po
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2844 poet’s writing. / In this way they always wish to criticize the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2869 dows beneath their foreheads, they scan a text / which stands by c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2871 that by their prayers for me they may loosen the bonds of sin ,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2881 and new stock of descendants: / they will advance in a dense battl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2882 battle-line in companies / and they crowd around the ruler’s lo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2891 s will rejoice, / even although they did not experience the sheddi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2895 of the kingdom is granted, / as they chant in ten times ten thousa
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 21 that one child; / nonetheless, they could not restore the happine
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 61 lendid troop of monks. / When they were ferrying wood on the sur
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 62 surface of the wild stream, / they are suddenly struck by an onr
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 63 . / There were five rafts, and they were all driven headlong by t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 68 d emerges and on bended knee / they look up to the sky, praying f
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 81 sight of such authority, / and they glorify God, Who secures the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 183 ke out his uncertain steps. / They come down to the sea; submerg
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 190 zen feet with fur and breath / they wipe dry the watery cold from
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 191 then with a suppliant gesture they beg to be blessed. / He, agre
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 244 / our food in days; which when they are done, calming the waters
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 246 to our native land’. / Then they roast the food on the flames
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 247 iving thanks, / for three days they revive their limbs with food
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 250 fter the south winds cease, / they gladly reach safe haven acros
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 262 h such a servant.’ / And as they carry on the way they had sta
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 263 hey come down to a river / and they see the bird, which had been
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 268 s hunger, / and with the other they strengthen their own hearts.
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 269 en their own hearts. / And as they finish their journey, [Cuthbe
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 291 ation entreat the saint, / and they rejoice that they have recogn
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 311 ert] preferred to go himself; they undertook the journey when, b
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 328 .’ / The words were spoken; they come home, the savage serpent
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 387 on withdrew, and no more / did they dare again to impinge on the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 388 r of the Lord / — but rather they loved him as a devoted friend
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 392 e agreement by a dirty deed; / they break into the buildings and
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 394 urges them to cease, and when they ignored his appeals / ‘Why
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 397 this land!’ / He spoke, and they sadly depart; and when three
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 401 ind its companion. / At length they both come swiftly, and bring
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 404 his shoes; / and from then on they build their nest from harmles
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 417 wood suitable to the task. / They returned, having forgotten th
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 436 e pinnacles of my life, as if they are very lofty, / because I, t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 468 reigns of men which, / though they were to last a hundred years,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 540 a holy gift when he asked. / They dip it in water; the ill man
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 544 in the middle of his journey they bring him the paralyzed limbs
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 546 ly drawing harsh breath, / and they ask that he help the wretch.
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 577 with the Lord as judge.’ / They entreat him to describe more
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 618 , / he matched his companion. They who, ascending to heaven in c
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 667 ill grant to the worthy: / for they prefer to store up their lamp
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 671 den of the flesh is removed, / they will begin, I now believe, to
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 677 d them to return in time; and they overcame the waves / in their
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 679 f brothers with them. / After they were delayed for five days, h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 680 , held back by raging waves, / they return at last, and ask with
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 710 empty praise tempt you; / for they rejoice beyond the stars with
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 717 sh.’ / Stunned by such things they weep and, lamenting, they imp
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 754 en, using a torch as a beacon they reveal to those at Lindisfarn
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 757 igil from his vantage-point. / They too, were then by chance at t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 767 n thread of events, / and that they rather would choose to leave
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 787 b, / as innocent of blemish as they are exempt from dire stain.
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 855 [Solomon], / be admired, since they rival the sky with their star
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 873 y ruled the sacred citadel. / They say that he [Oidilwald] rarel
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 41 s of their friend’s house. / They stopped, motionless, and did
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 42 of the skilled Christ, since they were not surprised / that a fi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 43 n out. “How astonishing!” they said, / “It is an omen of th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 167 n the faces of each of them? / They both rejoiced, Wilfrid in his
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 172 ms. / Now, one after the other they exchange happy news. / He had
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 195 penalties of the sword. / Soon they summon him, choosing to obey
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 208 r with his father Oswiu, / and they were protecting the decrees o
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 209 e people by a common treaty. / They were burning in their hearts
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 247 pronged schism / were shaking, they gathered in the icy north-eas
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 266 ounts with strong bolts, / and they could not easily be refuted.
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 273 ern three times at Nicaea. If they would examine these matters,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 278 ing in the truth, ignore it: / they are purblind through an ocula
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 310 encouragement of the people, / they decided that Wilfrid should b
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 338 nd, with the cables relaxed, / they quickly swept over the foamy
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 339 and reached the right shore. / They entered the harbour with happ
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 345 , surrounded by many columns. / They exulted, mixing the organs wi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 357 companion of happiness, while they were travelling over the marb
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 363 orrors of an imminent death. / They pressed upon the oars; the sl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 366 on the heavens. Behold, when they were brought to the hostile c
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 390 t more can I say? As often as they stirred up cruel battle, / the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 391 hey stirred up cruel battle, / they received bloody blows, with J
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 392 sus keeping watch. / Therefore they turned back, defeated, four t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 394 ea, deprived of five rowers. / They returned to their original co
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 395 reached the intended harbour. / They whom the royal assembly had d
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 396 to regain through deceit what they had lost. / While he, having w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 400 ng changed the situation. / For they decided by a perverse canon t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 402 xcellent prelate. In this way they boldly stole / the bride from h
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 404 father trembled with grief as they revealed these events to him,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 541 ins of the English, / to which they had become accustomed. Egfrid
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 546 s with an indomitable sword. / They blocked up two rivers with th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 548 rned, overloaded with booty. / They laid waste a wide area, and t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 586 erpent was not absent. / While they were plastering the heights o
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 598 by healing life. / Therefore, they praised the gifts of the grea
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 613 entered the king’s heart, / they engaged as an assistant / the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 623 arm / stiffened with fear, and they devised malicious lies. / “W
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 626 used by my laws?” “We,” they replied, “do not accuse you
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 639 ad been foretold, / weeping as they performed the funeral rites f
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 719 . / After a banquet, and after they had drunk some pleasant wine,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 727 age friends. / In my case also they wanted to perpetrate a decept
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 732 ue of companions. In this way they sought the Roman halls / with
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 755 hes should cultivate, or what they are ordered to avoid. / By thi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 775 dore and to the king, / that if they did not keep the commands of
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 789 ntering right up to the hilt. / They brandished their spears and t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 797 shields are laid aside, / and they bend forwards and entreat his
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 812 anting to give back the booty they had stolen. / They were spurre
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 813 k the booty they had stolen. / They were spurred on by the bitter
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 814 asts, / and (what wickedness!) they beguiled the king through the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 816 obtained by dishonest means. / They rejoiced that the confidant o
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 817 ded as a slanderer. / Finally, they thrust the father into a soli
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 830 ts bestowed on them by Jesus; / they gained an abundant reward for
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 843 r mattocks, / to no effect did they vigorously whet their two-edg
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 853 by many stratagems, by which they sought / to persuade him to pro
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 888 he lot of the earlier guard. / They worked hard to fashion the ir
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 890 ith barren labour, / with which they might be able to terrorise th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 891 t the more biting the efforts they made to devise punishments fo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 892 nts for his spirit, / the more they were astonished that they had
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 893 othing. / For all the shackles they bound around his sacred limbs
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 943 savage and arrogant tyrant. / They did not stop assailing the tr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 944 il man with much terror, / and they used a wicked scheme to compe
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 968 e would never break the bonds they had established, / neither thr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1011 us had commanded. / Therefore, they prostrated themselves on the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1013 n turn / from a perfect heart, they rejoiced, pouring forth tears
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1063 ty. / After such great turmoil, they sought to deceive by their cr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1064 eive by their craft / one whom they had not been able to overcome
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1078 to yield and to soften, / and they concealed the harmful venom i
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1080 le man of God / discovered that they were putting together evil pl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1088 ed by the strong arrows. / For they were pressing against him wit
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1115 and / with their savage efforts they were preparing to uproot the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1116 or the worshippers of Christ. They pronounced exiled from the sa
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1126 d acquired with many rowers. / They passed over the gentle sea wi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1128 in the familiar sands. / Then they travelled without difficulty
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1136 eternal life. / At last, when they had made a favourable passage
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1137 hrough the caves of Jupiter, / they reached the sparkling sanctua
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1140 rrah!’ throughout the city. / They joined in singing fixed melod
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1156 s, / and certainly in vain did they set their childish volume aga
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1158 together, / and in the vestry they quickly unrolled the decrees
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1170 se things (for I do not think they should be despised), / through
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1172 r minds in a terrible frenzy, they know / whether they can accuse
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1173 le frenzy, they know / whether they can accuse me in turn of any
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1180 he fathers were astonished as they remembered that these things
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1181 y. “Through this beacon,” they said, / “the crude origin of
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1184 o lack of ranting opponents. / They cannot tolerate the swaddling
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1190 rt from the Roman lands until they have paid just and right pena
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1205 bed be authoritative, and may they never be erased, / either by t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1210 less of what apocryphal texts they have written in new books, / t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1219 complete and utter folly.” / They ordered the same words to be
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1221 ps in the Cleanthean manner; / they sent them to the kings, the c
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1222 common people in order that / they might resolve the fierce quar
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1223 risen through an old hatred. / They also spoke to the father, aft
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1236 and with their whole hearts; / they carried the beloved burden to
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1237 ved burden to a walled city. / They duly placed him, half-conscio
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1238 liar bed. / Struck with dread, they feared to wait for what might
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1239 t might actually happen, / and they were oppressed by the terror
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1243 nce of liquid. / Finally, when they were breathing the light of a
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1289 ain over which he ruled, / and they gathered together, following
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1291 er those of every rank, / that they would all follow the doctrine
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1330 to the rule, / testifying that they should pursue the heavenly li
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1335 wment of virtues, ran to him. / They surrounded the great shepherd
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1358 blood from the glass. / While they were grieving, praying, and w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1360 struggles of the flesh. / After they had buried the sacred limbs i
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1378 gns shone beneath the stars. / They were trying to find out who s
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1388 s, by the prayers of Wilfrid. They quickly hurried to give thank
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1389 greatest averter of evil, and they continually honoured the name
N.MiraculaNyniae 24 sive crowd was gathering, / and they received diligently the mysti
N.MiraculaNyniae 61 threat of war was overcome, / they might receive purple crowns w
N.MiraculaNyniae 66 e, acquired hordes of Picts? / They were worshipping idols paraly
N.MiraculaNyniae 68 rist; / vying with each other, they were all immersed in the holy
N.MiraculaNyniae 69 ersed in the holy flood, / and they cleansed the stain of their s
N.MiraculaNyniae 296 and ashes of the sacred man: / they sought the lofty heights of t
N.MiraculaNyniae 297 ying the boy with many tears, they entered, / and sadly moistened
N.MiraculaNyniae 299 arm floods; / on bended knees, they kept on asking for the gifts
N.MiraculaNyniae 300 fe, / and with frequent prayers they entreated the consecrated tom
N.MiraculaNyniae 301 secrated tomb of the shrine, / they begged, they grieved, they we
N.MiraculaNyniae 307 .” / So, when in prostration they had sown such words, / as the
N.MiraculaNyniae 308 ords, / as the day was fading, they left the afflicted limbs / of
N.MiraculaNyniae 412 sit in his mother’s bosom: / they saw him as a boy, filling the
N.MiraculaNyniae 414 rns the stars of heaven, / and they likewise recognised at once w
N.MiraculaNyniae 451 s virtues, / and from his tomb they were evident throughout the w