A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: BEDE.Wilfrid.Epit

Uilfridus hic magnus requiescit corpore praesul,
Hanc Domino qui aulam ductus pietatis amore
Fecit, et eximio sacrauit nomine Petri,
Cui claues caeli Christus dedit arbiter orbis,
Atque auro ac Tyrio deuotus uestiit ostro.
Quin etiam sublime crucis radiante metallo
His posuit tropeum, necnon et quattuor auro
Scribi euangelii praecepit in ordine libros,
Ac thecam e rutilo his condignam condidit auro;
Paschalis qui etiam sollemnia tempora cursus
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Word Form of the Day: gewelhwær

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

The Menologium 30b: / ymb þreo and twa || þeodum gewelhwær / his cyme calend || ceorlum an

Metre of the Day

Bliss: Scansion: xxS|xS; Type: 2B1b
Sievers: Scansion: xx / | x /; Type: B1

Syntax: AcA

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)