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Poem of the Day:
ÆTHELWEARD.Edgar.Vers
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Annis sextenis siquidem per regna meatus,
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Bisque dies numero tenuit minus obice septem,
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(Argiuæ hebdomadas gentis posuere magistri,
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Septimanas recitant post quas nunc uoce Latini.
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Tingite nunc calamo, Musæ, propriumque uocate
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Carmen, et ignoto uentis properate secundis.
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Cum placido steterint fontes, aperite poetam.)
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Fungitur interea regno post anax in arce,
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Akimannis castrum a priscis iam nomine dicta,
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Nec Bathum ab aliis non pro feruentibus undis.
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Word Form of the Day: ðioden
Number of occurrences in corpus: 3
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Beowulf 2336a:
| him ðæs guðcyning / wedera ðioden || wræce leornode / heht him
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Beowulf 2788b:
a mid ðam maðmum || mærne ðioden / dryhten sinne || driorigne fa
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Beowulf 2810a:
m of healse || hring gyldenne / ðioden ðristhydig || ðegne geseald
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Metre of the Day
The Seasons for Fasting 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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