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Poem of the Day: ALCVIN.Epist065.Vers2

  1. Auribus haec cordis quaeso te audire libenter,
  2. Vt capias vitam, quam tibi corde loquor.
  3. Hec tibi si recipis, fert palam pagina patris,
  4. Hec tibi si respuis, pagina testis erit.
  5. Hec tibi demonstrat affectum pagina patris,
  6. Hec tibi celestis sit rogo causa vite.
  7. Hec tibi, queso, comes, fili, sit pagina semper,
  8. Hec te perficiat esse Deo comitem.
  9. Hec nostri memorem faciat te vivere Christo,
  10. Hec tibi demandat pagina mille vale.
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: stiðe

Number of occurrences in corpus: 3

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Metre of the Day

Beowulf 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxS~x
Type: d3b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | ~ x
Type: C3
Russom
Scansion: xx/Ssx

Syntax: NC
Non Primary Ictus: s
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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