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Poem of the Day: N.Hugo.Epit

  1. [a] Defuncti uiuunt; uiuentes morte tenentur;
  2. Mortuus Hugo miser prestolor uiuere Christo.
  3. Predia dans sanctis octaua luce kalendas
  4. Septembris ante ipse obiit: cum pace quiescat!
  5. [b] Quod fuit esse quod est quod non fuit esse quod esse
  6. Esse quod est non esse quod est non est erit esse.

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Word Form of the Day: heaþogeong

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

The Descent into Hell 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxxxxSx
Type: a1e
Sievers
Scansion: xxxxx / x
Type: A3

Syntax: iP
Light Verse

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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