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Poem of the Day:
N.Ascension.Offert.Trop
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Laetetur cunctus quadro sub climate mundus, eia: *Ascendit Deus*
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Quaeque fidem rectam decoratis moribus almis, eia: *V. Omnes gentes*
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Excelsas, dignas Domino, persoluite laudes, eia: *V. Quoniam*
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Qui zabulum strauit celso nos munere donans, eia: *V. Subiecit*
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Word Form of the Day: ongenðeow
Number of occurrences in corpus: 1
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Beowulf 2486a:
gum || on bonan stælan / ðær ongenðeow || eofores niosað / guðhelm t
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Metre of the Day
Bede's Death Song, The Hague Version 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxxS~x
- Type: d3c
- Sievers
- Scansion: xxx / | ~ x
- Type: C3
Syntax: NC
Non Primary Ictus: s
Light Verse
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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