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Poem of the Day: The Paris Psalter: Psalm 144

  1. ic me heahne god || hæbbe to cyninge
  2. and ic naman þinne || neode herige
  3. on ecnesse || awa to worulde

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Word Form of the Day: debilitatus

debilito participle perf part pass masc nom sg pp4 are_vb

debilito participle perf part pass masc nom sg pp4 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Bede's Death Song, West Saxon Version 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxS~x
Type: d3b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | ~ 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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