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Poem of the Day:
N.Apost.Comm.Trop
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Lucratis populis solium uos scandere caeli
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concede clemens, quia sancto flamine plenos: Ego uos elegi
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Christicolas cuneos mihi commendando fideles: et fructus
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Word Form of the Day: wica
Number of occurrences in corpus: 4
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Guthlac B 1365b:
ðrym / gewiten winiga hleo || wica neosan / eardes on upweg || nu
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Beowulf 125b:
faran / mid ðære wælfylle || wica neosan / ða wæs on uhtan || m
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Beowulf 1125b:
cen / gewiton him ða wigend || wica neosian / freondum befeallen ||
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The Paris Psalter 73:3 8a:
þin geo ehtan / and on þinra wica || wuniaþ midle / / # / settan h
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 87 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxSxxx|S
- Type: N/A
- Sievers
- Scansion: xx / | xxx /
- Type: B2
Syntax: AN
Notes: Irregular
Double Alliteration
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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