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Poem of the Day: N.Bealdhun.Epit.Octo

  1. Quarto idus Octebrium
  2. Tertio dono dierum
  3. Cuius sub celo conditor
  4. Balthunus, atque orditur
  5. Sacerdotis in seculo
  6. Functus felix officio;
  7. Fuisse fertur florido
  8. Dei cum auxilio.

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Word Form of the Day: swæþ

Number of occurrences in corpus: 3

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 85 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xx~+|Sx
Type: 2C1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx ~+ | / x
Type: C2

Syntax: NA
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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