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Poem of the Day:
N.CodexAmiatinus.Epig
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Codicibus sacris hostili clade perustis
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Esdra Deo feruens hoc reparauit opus.
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Word Form of the Day: bewreðed
Number of occurrences in corpus: 1
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Riddles 84 22a:
ddor || mægene eacen / wundrum bewreðed || wistum gehladen / hordum geh
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Metre of the Day
Resignation 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxxxSsx|$
- Type: N/A
- Sievers
- Scansion: xxxx / \ x | /
- Type: hE
Syntax: AN
Notes: Irregular
Heavy Verse: Hypermetric
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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