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Poem of the Day:
N.Oswald.Vers
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Vasta palus, piscosa nimis, sua dindima pandit,
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Ut nova sint heremi claustra reperta tibi.
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Nam qua coruifere consurgit proditor hydre
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Insula siluoso gurgite pulchra nitet
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Et qua splendentis se mergunt lora Bootis
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Pons est inde suis peruius Angligenis.
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Qua Cynosura poli fixum regit undique girum,
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Anguillosa palus nescit habere modum,
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Unde refert umbras, uaga lux, Phebea sinistras,
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Terra patet, nullo continuata uado.
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Word Form of the Day: fyrngeweorc
Number of occurrences in corpus: 4
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Andreas 737a:
m || ac of wealle ahleop / frod fyrngeweorc || þæt he on foldan stod / st
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The Phoenix 84a:
ealdre || ærðon endige / frod fyrngeweorc || se hit on frymðe gescop /
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The Phoenix 95a:
yðmere || estan lixan / fæder fyrngeweorc || frætwum blican / torht tace
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Beowulf 2286a:
tum men || frea sceawode / fira fyrngeweorc || forman siðe / ða se wyrm o
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 91 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xSx|$
- Type: 3B1a
- Sievers
- Scansion: x / | x /
- Type: B1
Syntax: NV
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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