A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Welcome to the CLASP database: A Consolidated Library of Anglo Saxon Poetry.

For more information see the CLASP project homepage.

Poem of the Day: ALCVIN.Epist252.Vers

  1. Vive Deo felix, mundo nam vivere mors est;
  2. Vera quidem est homini vivere vita Deo.

Full poem

Word Form of the Day: slitende

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

Full entry

Metre of the Day

The Seafarer 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxxxSx
Type: a1d
Sievers
Scansion: xxxx / x
Type: A3

Syntax: iA
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

Full entry