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Poem of the Day: Metrical Psalm 93:5

  1. Folc hi þin drihten || fæcne gehindæn
  2. and yrfæ ðin || eæll forcomæn.

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Word Form of the Day: memoret

memoro verb pres subj act 3rd sg conj1 are_vb

memoro verb pres subj act 3rd sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 5

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Metre of the Day

The Gifts of Men 1a

Bliss
Scansion: ~+|xxSx
Type: 1A1b
Sievers
Scansion: ~+ xx | / x
Type: A1

Syntax: fvP
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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