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Poem of the Day: The Paris Psalter: Psalm 69

  1. wes drihten god || deore fultum
  2. beheald drihten me || and me hraþe syþþan
  3. gefultuma || æt feorhþearfe

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Word Form of the Day: uerberetque

verbero#1 verb pres subj act 3rd sg conj1 are_vb

verbero#1 verb pres subj act 3rd sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 13 1a

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

Syntax: NI
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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