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Poem of the Day: The Metres of Boethius: Metre 20

  1. eala min drihten || þæt þu eart ælmihtig
  2. micel modilic || mærþum gefræge
  3. and wundorlic || witena gehwylcum
  4. hwæt þu ece god || ealra gesceafta
  5. wundorlice || wel gesceope
  6. ungesewenlica || and eac swa same
  7. gesewenlicra || softe wealdest
  8. scirra gesceafta || mid gesceadwisum
  9. mægne and cræfte || þu þysne middangeard
  10. from fruman ærest || forþ oþ ende
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: venditae

vendo participle perf part pass fem nom/voc pl pp4

vendo participle perf part pass fem dat sg pp4

vendo participle perf part pass fem gen sg pp4

vendo participle perf part pass fem nom/voc pl pp4

vendo participle perf part pass fem dat sg pp4

vendo participle perf part pass fem gen sg pp4

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Bede's Death Song, Northumbrian Version 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxxS~x
Type: d3c
Sievers
Scansion: xxx / | ~ x
Type: C3

Syntax: NC
Non Primary Ictus: s
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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