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Poem of the Day: FRITHEGOD.MaryMag.Hymn.01

  1. Dum pietas multimoda,
  2. Deus gubernans omnia,
  3. Per uirginem puerperam,
  4. Formam sumpsisset carneam,
  5. In huius mundi area
  6. Grana seuit uitalia.

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Word Form of the Day: gedigde

Number of occurrences in corpus: 4

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Metre of the Day

Fragment of Psalm 40 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xx~+x|~+
Type: 3B1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx ~+ | x ~+
Type: B2

Syntax: NV

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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