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Poem of the Day: Cnut's Song

  1. Merie sungen ðe muneches binnen Ely
  2. ða Cnut ching reu ðer by.
  3. Roweþ cnites noer the lant
  4. and here we þes muneches sæng.

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Word Form of the Day: trecenta

trecenti noun neut nom/voc/acc pl us_a_um

trecenti noun fem abl sg us_a_um

trecenti noun fem nom/voc sg us_a_um

trecenti noun neut nom/voc/acc pl us_a_um

trecenti noun fem abl sg us_a_um

trecenti noun fem nom/voc sg us_a_um

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

The Ruin 1a

Bliss
Scansion: Sx|xxSs
Type: 1A*2
Sievers
Scansion: / xxx | / \
Type: A2b

Syntax: AvN
Non Primary Ictus: S
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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