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Poem of the Day: N.Ecgwine.Epit

  1. Rupe sub hac uili tegitur uir summus, et urna
  2. Clauditur angusta, quem subuehit alta per orbem
  3. Veri fama uolans. Genus hic spectabile duxit
  4. Et mores habuit preclaros magnaque gessit.
  5. Ecclesiam fecit quam nunc dicunt Eouesham;
  6. Ditauit terris, et multa nobilitauit
  7. Libertate locum. Qui regni iura tenebat
  8. Omnimodam scripsit, subscripsit curia regni
  9. Et qui Romanam sedem tunc papa regebat
  10. Confirmauit eam proprio testante sigillo.
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: searoniða

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

The Metrical Epilogue to MS. 41, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxxS
Type: N/A
Sievers
Scansion: xxxS
Type: N/A

Syntax: Va
Particle

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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