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Poem of the Day: Metrical Charm 8: For a Swarm of Bees

fo ic under fot || funde ic hit
hwæt eorðe mæg || wið ealra wihta gehwilce
and wið andan || and wið æminde
and wið ða micelan || mannes tungan
sitte ge sigewif || sigað to eorðan
næfre ge wilde || to wuda fleogan
beo ge swa gemindige || mines godes
swa bið manna gehwilc || metes and eðeles

Word Form of the Day: orbatis

orbo verb pres ind act 2nd pl conj1 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass neut abl pl pp4 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass fem abl pl pp4 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass masc abl pl pp4 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass neut dat pl pp4 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass fem dat pl pp4 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass masc dat pl pp4 are_vb

orbo verb pres ind act 2nd pl conj1 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass neut abl pl pp4 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass fem abl pl pp4 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass masc abl pl pp4 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass neut dat pl pp4 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass fem dat pl pp4 are_vb

orbo participle perf part pass masc dat pl pp4 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 2

Breuiloquium uitae Wilfridi 1250: merere cateruas," / Inquit, "ab orbatis iam nunc reuocaberis agnis. / P
Miracula S. Nyniae 477: ulcia pocula tulit. / Hic pater orbatis iudex viduisque benignus / Paup

Metre of the Day

Bliss: Scansion: Sx|S; Type: N/A

Syntax: NA

Places with this scansion (bliss)