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Poem of the Day:
Riddles 92
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ic wæs brunra beot
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beam on holte
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freolic feorhbora
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ond foldan wæstm
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weres wynnstaðol
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ond wifes sond
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gold on geardum
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nu eom guðwigan
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hyhtlic hildewæpen
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hringe beg/
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/e/
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byreð
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oðrum
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Word Form of the Day: causamque
causa
noun
fem
acc
sg
a_ae
causa
noun
fem
acc
sg
a_ae
Number of occurrences in corpus: 4
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Pharsalia 05 247:
iles / Dum maiora petit, damnat causamque ducemque / Et scelere imbutos e
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Pharsalia 07 76:
i? / De superis, ingrate, times causamque senatus / Credere dis dubitas?
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Vita S. Martini 2 143:
cta sacrati. / inruit in cellam causamque exponit iniquam: / "quo virtus,
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Vita S. Martini 2 156:
. / quo propero iubet ire gradu causamque requiri. / semianimem inveniunt
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 75 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xSx|x$
- Type: N/A
- Sievers
- Scansion: x / | xx /
- Type: B2
Syntax: AV
Double Alliteration
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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