A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: tyrant

Number of occurrences in corpus: 16

A.4.2 72 e faith-breaker, that loathed tyrant, to bed / for the last time. Th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 1 whole universe. / / # / When the tyrant was butchering the leaders of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1356 to you, you savage and cruel tyrant, / you shall not carry [this so
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 12 in square tomes. / The savage tyrant Herod, a tetrarch of the real
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 6 / after [Christ] condemned the tyrant of Tartarus to death / and eme
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 257 the tyrant’s command of the tyrant. / He also under compulsion for
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 344 c heart, soon realized / that a tyrant was rightly signified by the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 350 myrtle groves of wolves, / that tyrant, having been made demented and
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 369 lden image of the slow-witted tyrant who, / by a terrifying order co
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 445 le death, / John restrained the tyrant with his words. / Platters were
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1816 readful anger / while the cruel tyrant disputed with words, / striving
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1834 rom her flesh. / Yet the savage tyrant did not revel in the death, / n
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2194 which the torments of a grim tyrant / were compelling stubborn cham
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2427 red exile because of a wicked tyrant. / Look, after obliterating the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 793 Gallic sceptre / by restoring a tyrant, who has met a violent end, a
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 942 frid, the savage and arrogant tyrant. / They did not stop assailing