A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: vain

Number of occurrences in corpus: 13

ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1419 of his parents for the boy in vain. / For as much as that outstandi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 575 ws / that fill the upper air in vain with their barking, / this warr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1847 g together snares of words in vain, / so that this virgin and her d
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2330 n taken away, / were burning in vain and grew cool after the fireb
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2738 of nine gemstones / he began in vain to swell up against the creat
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2755 es of their proud customs. / In vain does chastity assume the prai
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2758 ecesses of the mind, / it is in vain that virginity assigns praise
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 11 worshipped their tyrants with vain terror, / but after the ruler
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 125 to the menaces of Zephyr? / In vain did cruel Salacia oppress me,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 842 to the usual brightness? / In vain the insignificant enemies sha
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 896 nocent limbs. / Cruel race, in vain the anvil is struck! / Wicked
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1035 ht up to the last hour of his vain life. / When these things had b
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1156 documents, / and certainly in vain did they set their childish v