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Poem of the Day: The Metres of Boethius: Metre 15

  1. þeah hine nu se yfela || unrihtwisa
  2. neron cynincg || niwan gescerpte
  3. wlitegum wædum || wundorlice
  4. golde geglengde || and gimcynnum
  5. þeah he wæs on worulde || witena gehwelcum
  6. on his lifdagum || laþ and unweorþ
  7. fierenfull || hwæt se feond swa þeah
  8. his diorlingas || duguþum stepte
  9. ne mæg ic þeah gehycgan || hwy him on hige þorfte
  10. a þy sæl wesan || þeah hi sume hwile
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: stupendus

stupendus noun masc nom sg us_a_um

stupeo verb gerundive masc nom sg conj2

stupendus noun masc nom sg us_a_um

stupeo verb gerundive masc nom sg conj2

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

The Kentish Hymn 1a

Bliss
Scansion: ~+Sxx
Type: d1b
Sievers
Scansion: ~+ | / ~ x
Type: D2

Syntax: VI
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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