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Poem of the Day:
WULFSTANC.Æthelwold.Epan
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Alma lucerna micat, sol aureus arva serenat,
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Summus Adelwoldus alma lucerna micat.
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Belliger iste Dei fortissima bella peregit
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Acer in arma ruit belliger iste Dei,
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Cuius ab ore sacro fluxerunt dogmata vitae,
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Hausimus omne bonum cuius ab ore sacro.
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Dulce poema tibi nunc gliscimus edere patri,
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Suscipe, quod canimus, dulce poema, tibi.
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Ecce, coruscat apex tibi pontificalis abunde,
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Quem sine fine tenes, ecce, coruscat apex.
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Word Form of the Day: getwæfde
Number of occurrences in corpus: 5
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Genesis A 53b:
ttigan / ac him se mæra || mod getwæfde / bælc forbigde || þa he gebo
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Exodus 119b:
ederum / on ferclamme || ferhþ getwæfde / hæfde foregenga || fyrene lo
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Christ C 986b:
e / swelað sæfiscas || sundes getwæfde / wægdeora gehwylc || werig sw
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Beowulf 1433b:
a leod / of flanbogan || feores getwæfde / yðgewinnes || ðæt him on a
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Beowulf 1908a:
tan || wind ofer yðum / siðes getwæfde || sægenga for / fleat famighe
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 53 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxxSx
- Type: a1c
- Sievers
- Scansion: xxx / x
- Type: A3
Syntax: iP
Light Verse
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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