A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: Guthlac

  1. se bið gefeana fægrast || ðonne hy æt frymðe gemetað
  2. engel ond seo eadge sawl || ofgiefeð hio ðas eorðan wynne
  3. forlæteð ðas lænan dreamas || ond hio wið ðam lice gedæleð
  4. ðonne cwið se engel || hafað yldran had
  5. greteð gæst oðerne || abeodeð him godes ærende
  6. nu ðu most feran || ðider ðu fundadest
  7. longe ond gelome || ic ðec lædan sceal
  8. wegas ðe sindon weðe || ond wuldres leoht
  9. torht ontyned || eart nu tidfara
  10. to ðam halgan ham || ðær næfre hreow cymeð
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: uales

valeo verb pres ind act 2nd sg conj2

valeo verb pres ind act 2nd sg conj2

valeo verb pres ind act 2nd sg conj2

valeo verb pres ind act 2nd sg conj2

Number of occurrences in corpus: 7

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 64 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xx$|xS
Type: 2B1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | x /
Type: B1

Syntax: NcN

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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