A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: Riddles 6

mec gesette soð || sigora waldend
crist to compe || oft ic cwice bærne
unrimu cyn || eorðan getenge
næte mid niðe || swa ic him no hrine
ðonne mec min frea || feohtan hateð
hwilum ic monigra || mod arete
hwilum ic frefre || ða ic ær winne on
feorran swiðe || hi ðæs felað ðeah
swylce ðæs oðres || ðonne ic eft hyra
ofer deop gedreag || drohtað bete

Word Form of the Day: grani

granum noun neut gen sg us_i

granum noun neut gen sg us_i

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

Breuiloquium uitae Wilfridi 861: fallere ritus. / Carpitur inde grani coniunx dilecta ueterno / Praes

Metre of the Day

Bliss: Scansion: xS|xxSx; Type: 1A1b
Sievers: Scansion: x / xx | / x; Type: A1

Syntax: NvP
Anacrusis

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)