A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: Thureth

  1. ic eom halgungboc || healde hine dryhten
  2. ðe me fægere ðus || frætewum belegde
  3. ðureð to ðance || ðus het me wyrcean
  4. to loue and to wurðe || ðam ðe leoht gesceop
  5. gemyndi is he || mihta gehwylcre
  6. ðæs ðe he on foldan || gefremian mæg
  7. and him geðancie || ðeoda waldend
  8. ðæs ðe he on gemynde || madma manega
  9. wyle gemearcian || metode to lace
  10. and he sceal æce lean || ealle findan
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: fugis

fuga noun fem abl pl a_ae

fuga noun fem dat pl a_ae

fugio verb pres ind act 2nd sg conj3_io

fuga noun fem abl pl a_ae

fuga noun fem dat pl a_ae

fugio verb pres ind act 2nd sg conj3_io

Number of occurrences in corpus: 15

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 8 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxS|~x
Type: 2C2b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | ~ x
Type: C3

Syntax: PV

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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