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Poem of the Day: Maxims I

  1. frige mec frodum wordum || ne læt ðinne ferð onhælne
  2. degol ðæt ðu deopost cunne || nelle ic ðe min dyrne gesecgan
  3. gif ðu me ðinne hygecræft hylest || ond ðine heortan geðohtas
  4. gleawe men sceolon gieddum wrixlan || god sceal mon ærest hergan
  5. fægre fæder userne || forðon ðe he us æt frymðe geteode
  6. lif ond lænne willan || he usic wile ðara leana gemonian
  7. meotud sceal in wuldre || mon sceal on eorðan
  8. geong ealdian || god us ece bið
  9. ne wendað hine wyrda || ne hine wiht dreceð
  10. adl ne yldo || ælmihtigne
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: lancinatores

lancinator noun masc acc pl or_oLris

lancinator noun masc nom/voc pl or_oLris

lancinator noun masc acc pl or_oLris

lancinator noun masc nom/voc pl or_oLris

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Fragment of Psalm 32 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxxSsx
Type: d2c
Sievers
Scansion: xxx / | / x
Type: C1

Syntax: VN
Notes: Check
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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