A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: Andreas

hwæt we gefrunan || on fyrndagum
twelfe under tunglum || tireadige hæleþ
þeodnes þegnas || no hira þrym alæg
camprædenne || þonne cumbol hneotan
syþþan hie gedældon || swa him dryhten sylf
heofona heahcyning || hlyt getæhte
þæt wæron mære || men ofer eorþan
frome folctogan || ond fyrdhwate
rofe rincas || þonne rond ond hand
on herefelda || helm ealgodon
...

Word Form of the Day: unca

uncus#2 noun neut nom/voc/acc pl us_a_um

uncus#2 noun fem abl sg us_a_um

uncus#2 noun fem nom/voc sg us_a_um

unco verb pres imperat act 2nd sg conj1 are_vb

uncus#2 noun neut nom/voc/acc pl us_a_um

uncus#2 noun fem abl sg us_a_um

uncus#2 noun fem nom/voc sg us_a_um

unco verb pres imperat act 2nd sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 4

ALCVIN.Carm 4 65: ; / Oceanum Rhenum sub te natet unca carina. / Materies auri non te,
ALCVIN.Carm 76.2 8: , / De gazis veterum quae tulit unca manus. / Vos vivete deo semper,
Breuiloquium uitae Wilfridi 1143: tus opaca, / Qui tellure cubans unca suffragine suda, / Mille piis i
Psychomachia 455: Luxus edax pretiosum liquerat unca / Corripuisse manu pulchra in l

Metre of the Day

Bliss: Scansion: S|xxxSx; Type: 1A1c
Sievers: Scansion: / xxx | / x; Type: A1

Syntax: NP
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)