A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: The Gloria I

  1. sy ðe wuldor and lof || wide geopenod
  2. geond ealle ðeoda || ðanc and wylla
  3. mægen and mildse || and ealles modes lufu
  4. soðfæstra sib || and ðines sylfes dom
  5. worulde gewlitegod || swa ðu wealdan miht
  6. eall eorðan mægen || and uplyfte
  7. wind and wolcna || wealdest eall on riht
  8. ðu eart frofra fæder || and feorhhyrde
  9. lifes latteow || leohtes wealdend
  10. asyndrod fram synnum || swa ðin sunu mære
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: asperi

asper#1 noun masc nom/voc pl er_era_erum

asper#1 noun neut gen sg er_era_erum

asper#1 noun masc gen sg er_era_erum

asperum noun neut gen sg us_i

asper#1 noun masc nom/voc pl er_era_erum

asper#1 noun neut gen sg er_era_erum

asper#1 noun masc gen sg er_era_erum

asperum noun neut gen sg us_i

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

The Kentish Hymn 1a

Bliss
Scansion: ~+Sxx
Type: d1b
Sievers
Scansion: ~+ | / ~ x
Type: D2

Syntax: VI
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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