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Poem of the Day:
The Seafarer
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mæg ic be me sylfum
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soðgied wrecan
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siðas secgan
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hu ic geswincdagum
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earfoðhwile
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oft ðrowade
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bitre breostceare
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gebiden hæbbe
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gecunnad in ceole
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cearselda fela
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atol yða gewealc
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ðær mec oft bigeat
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nearo nihtwaco
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æt nacan stefnan
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ðonne he be clifum cnossað
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calde geðrungen
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wæron mine fet
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forste gebunden
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caldum clommum
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ðær ða ceare seofedun
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Word Form of the Day: obstipuere
obstipesco
verb
perf
ind
act
3rd
pl
perfstem
poetic
obstipesco
verb
perf
ind
act
3rd
pl
perfstem
poetic
Number of occurrences in corpus: 10
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Breuiloquium uitae Wilfridi 1180:
cas nolite reuellere cartas". / Obstipuere patres haec sic fore comminis
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Aeneid 2 120:
i quae uox ut uenit ad auris, / Obstipuere animi gelidusque per ima cucu
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Aeneid 5 404:
que intendere bracchia tergo. / Obstipuere animi: tantorum ingentia sept
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Aeneid 8 530:
ilare uident et pulsa tonare. / Obstipuere animis alii, sed Troius heros
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Aeneid 9 123:
dem facies pontoque feruntur. / Obstipuere animis Rutuli, conterritus ip
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Aeneid 11 120:
gnem.” / Dixerat Aeneas. illi obstipuere silentes / Conuersique oculos i
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Georg04 351:
i, uitreisque sedilibus omnes / Obstipuere; sed ante alias Arethusa soror
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Carmina 05 412:
s oppressus fulgor in astris. / Obstipuere uiri primum, perterruit omnes
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Carmen Paschale 03 141:
genitam bis uiuere praestat. / Obstipuere animis, inopinaque uota paren
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Euangelia 04 51:
nato?" / Talia saluator; cuncti obstipuere silentes. / Ille sed accita cre
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Metre of the Day
The Whale 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxSx|S
- Type: 3B1b
- Sievers
- Scansion: xx / | x /
- Type: B1
Syntax: Na
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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