A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: A Prayer

  1. æla drihten leof || æla dema god
  2. geara me || ece waldend
  3. ic wat mine saule || synnum forwundod
  4. gehæl ðu hy || heofena drihten
  5. and gelacna ðu hy || lifes ealdor
  6. forðan ðu eðest miht || ealra læca
  7. ðæra ðe gewurde || side oððe wyde
  8. æla frea beorhta || folces scippend
  9. gemilsa ðyn mod || me to gode
  10. sile ðyne are || ðynum earminge
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: uox

vox noun fem nom sg x_cis

vox noun fem nom sg x_cis

Number of occurrences in corpus: 137

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 37 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxSx|x$
Type: 3B*1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | xx /
Type: B2

Syntax: NV

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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