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Poem of the Day: N.Virg.Alt.Inscr

  1. Aulam hanc ac altare hoc illi sanctificamus
  2. Quae genuit Christum uirginitate sacra;
  3. Quique illam matri dignetur sanctificare
  4. Virgo Maria alma nomine dicta pia est.

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Word Form of the Day: ealdornere

Number of occurrences in corpus: 4

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 42 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxSx
Type: a1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / x
Type: A3

Syntax: VN
Light Verse

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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