Welcome to the CLASP database: A Consolidated Library of Anglo Saxon Poetry.
For more information see the CLASP project homepage.
Poem of the Day:
Bede's Death Song, Northumbrian Version
-
fore thaem neidfaerae
||
naenig uuiurthit
-
thoncsnotturra
||
than him tharf sie
-
to ymbhycggannae
||
aer his hiniongae
-
huaet his gastae
||
godaes aeththa yflaes
-
aefter deothdaege
||
doemid uueorthae
Full poem
Word Form of the Day: psylli
psyllion
noun
neut
gen
sg
ios_i
psyllion
noun
neut
gen
sg
ios_i
Number of occurrences in corpus: 1
-
Pharsalia 09 893:
tum innoxia morsu, / Marmaridae Psylli. Par lingua potentibus herbis,
Full entry
Metre of the Day
Riddles 33 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: S|xxxSx
- Type: 1A1c
- Sievers
- Scansion: / xxx | / x
- Type: A1
Syntax: NP
Double Alliteration
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
Full entry
A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry