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Poem of the Day: Riddles 32

is ðes middangeard || missenlicum
wisum gewlitegad || wrættum gefrætwad
siðum sellic || ic seah searo hweorfan
grindan wið greote || giellende faran
næfde sellicu wiht || syne ne folme
exle ne earmas || sceal on anum fet
searoceap swifan || swiðe feran
faran ofer feldas || hæfde fela ribba
muð wæs on middan || moncynne nyt
fereð foddurwelan || folcscipe dreogeð
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Word Form of the Day: argiuæ

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

Hexameters from the Chronicle of Æthelweard 3: ro tenuit minus obice septem, / (Argiuæ hebdomadas gentis posuere mag

Metre of the Day

Bliss: Scansion: xxS~x; Type: d3b
Sievers: Scansion: xx / | ~ x; Type: C3

Syntax: ivN
Non Primary Ictus: s
Light Verse

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)