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Poem of the Day: WULFSTANC.Intro.Trop01

  1. Patris adest uotiua dies, cantemus ouantes: Statuit ei
  2. Pontificem templo sibi quem sacrauit in isto: et principem
  3. Inter apostolicos stola splendente ierarchos: ut sit illi
  4. AĐELWOLDE, pia prece nos defende misellos: in aeternum

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Word Form of the Day: menio

Number of occurrences in corpus: 3

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Metre of the Day

The Wife's Lament 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxS|~x
Type: 2C2b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | ~ x
Type: C3

Syntax: NV

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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