A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: ÆLFWEARD.Sigeric.Epist

Mitis ab æthereo clementia Christus Olimpo
Protegat, exaltet, ornet, amet, foveat.
Nec, precor, aspiciat clementi lumine nostras
Litterulas, scripsit quæ pietatis amor.
Terra, polus, pelagus, homines volucresque feræque,
Cantoris resonent voce, valeto pater.
Pagina si brevis est, non est brevis ardor amantis,
Nam plus corda colunt quam mea verba sonant.
Christicolæ angelica Sigerico carmina laudent
Salve, sancte Dei præsul resonantque per ævum.

Word Form of the Day: modgeþanc

Number of occurrences in corpus: 2

Daniel 634a: a || and wæda leas / mætra on modgeþanc || to mancynne / þonne gumena
Elene 96a: treo || nu ge fyrhþsefan / ond modgeþanc || minne cunnon / him þa togen

Metre of the Day

Bliss: Scansion: xxSxxx|S; Type: N/A
Sievers: Scansion: xx / | xx /; Type: B2

Syntax: AN
Notes: Non-parasiting
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)