A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: ALCVIN.Carm

Cartula, perge cito pelagi trans aequora cursu,
Ostia piscosi flabris pete fortia Rheni,
Ingrediens rapidis pontum qua volvitur undis.
Tum tua prelongo ducatur prora remulco,
Ne cito retrorsum rapiatur flumine puppis.
Si meus Albricus veniens occurrat in amne,
'Vaccipotens praesul', properans tu dicito, 'salve',
Nam tibi Hadda prior nocte non amplius una
In Traiect mel compultimque buturque ministrat:
Utpute non oleum nec vinum Fresia fundit.
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Word Form of the Day: seldlicra

Number of occurrences in corpus: 2

The Panther 30a: a || frætwum blīceþ, / simle seldlicra. || Hē hafaþ sundor-ġe·cyn
Azarias 131b: widferende / siðe on sunde || seldlicra fela / bletsien ðec ða ealle

Metre of the Day

Homiletic Fragment I 1a

Bliss: Scansion: S|~x; Type: N/A
Sievers: Scansion: / | ~ x; Type: N/A

Syntax: null
Notes: Irregular

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)