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Poem of the Day: FRITHEGOD.MaryMag.Hymn.22

  1. Ihesu pro peccatoribus
  2. Venisti de celestibus,
  3. Vt reparares numerum
  4. In superis angelicum,
  5. Vnde cadens in tartara
  6. Satan ruit apostata.

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Word Form of the Day: tuddorsped

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Beowulf 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxS~x
Type: d3b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | ~ x
Type: C3
Russom
Scansion: xx/Ssx

Syntax: NC
Non Primary Ictus: s
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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