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Poem of the Day:
ALCVIN.Epist170.Vers2
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Vestra, precor, Christus caelestibus inclita donis
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Inlustret repleat pectora pacis amor.
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Dulcis amor vitae, dulcis laus, gloria dulcis,
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Sit tibi perpetua, David amate, salus.
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Word Form of the Day: utan
Number of occurrences in corpus: 61
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Genesis A 224a:
|| beorhtum streamum / hebeleac utan || on þære eþyltyrf / niþþ
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Genesis B 354b:
b his heortan || hat wæs him utan / wraþlic wite || he þa worde
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Genesis B 461a:
n || beamas stodon / þa wæron utan || ofætes gehlædene / gewered
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Genesis B 677a:
m || wearþ me on hige leohte / utan and innan || siþþan ic þæ
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Genesis A 1322a:
|| gearo hlifigean / innan and utan || eorþan lime / gefæstnod wi
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Daniel 253a:
de || burnon scealcas / ymb ofn utan || alet gehwearf / teonfullum o
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Christ and Satan 153a:
n hælendes / þær we ymb hine utan || ealle hofan / leomu ymb leof
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Christ and Satan 341a:
elle || hate onæled / ufan and utan || him wæs æghwær wa / witum
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Andreas 28b:
dum / þara þe þæt ealand || utan sohte / swylc wæs þæs folces
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Andreas 871a:
da heap || ond wuldres þreat / utan ymbe æþelne || englas stodo
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 81 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxSxs
- Type: d5b
- Sievers
- Scansion: xx / | x /
- Type: B1
Syntax: AC
Light Verse
Double Alliteration
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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