A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: Precepts

ðus frod fæder || freobearn lærde
modsnottor mon || maga cystum eald
wordum wisfæstum || ðæt he wel ðunge
do a ðætte duge || deag ðin gewyrhtu
god ðe bið symle || goda gehwylces
frea ond fultum || feond ðam oðrum
wyrsan gewyrhta || wene ðec ðy betran
efn elne ðis || a ðenden ðu lifge
fæder ond modor || freo ðu mid heortan
maga gehwylcne || gif him sy meotud on lufan
...

Word Form of the Day: cytisum

cytisum noun neut gen pl us_i poetic

cytisum noun neut nom/voc/acc sg us_i

cytisus noun masc/fem gen pl us_i poetic

cytisus noun masc/fem acc sg us_i

cytisum noun neut gen pl us_i poetic

cytisum noun neut nom/voc/acc sg us_i

cytisus noun masc/fem gen pl us_i poetic

cytisus noun masc/fem acc sg us_i

Number of occurrences in corpus: 3

Eclog01 78: pascente, capellae, / Florentem cytisum et salices carpetis amaras. / H
Eclog02 64: upus ipse capellam, / Florentem cytisum sequitur lasciua capella, / Te
Georg03 394: uocantem. / At cui lactis amor, cytisum lotosque frequentis / Ipse manu

Metre of the Day

Bliss: Scansion: xxS|~x; Type: 2C2b
Sievers: Scansion: xx / | ~ x; Type: C3

Syntax: AN

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)