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Poem of the Day: Riddles 55

  1. ic seah in healle || ðær hæleð druncon
  2. on flet beran || feower cynna
  3. wrætlic wudutreow || ond wunden gold
  4. sinc searobunden || ond seolfres dæl
  5. ond rode tacn || ðæs us to roderum up
  6. hlædre rærde || ær he helwara
  7. burg abræce || ic ðæs beames mæg
  8. eaðe for eorlum || æðelu secgan
  9. ðær wæs hlin ond acc || ond se hearda iw
  10. ond se fealwa holen || frean sindon ealle
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: uocem

vox noun fem acc sg x_cis

voco verb pres subj act 1st sg conj1 are_vb

vox noun fem acc sg x_cis

voco verb pres subj act 1st sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 70

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Metre of the Day

Wulf and Eadwacer 1a

Bliss
Scansion: Sx|xSx
Type: 1A*1a
Sievers
Scansion: / xx | / x
Type: A1

Syntax: NvA

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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