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Poem of the Day:
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Sic celso residet solio qui condidit astra:
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Rex uenerans Eadgar pronus adorat eum.
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Word Form of the Day: ofoste
Number of occurrences in corpus: 7
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Riddles 62 4b:
ġe·rȳme. || Rinċ biþ on ofoste, / sē mec on þȳþ || æftan-w
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Juliana 253a:
is godum cwēman. / Wes þū on ofoste, || swā hē þeċ ūt heonan /
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Beowulf 386a:
āðmas bēodan. / Bēo þū on ofoste, || hāt on gān / sêon sibbe-
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Beowulf 1292a:
ōĝa on·ġeat. / Hēo wæs on ofoste, || wolde ūt þonan, / fēore b
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Beowulf 2747a:
d || since bereafod / bio nu on ofoste || ðæt ic ærwelan / goldæht
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Beowulf 2783a:
he morðre swealt / ar wæs on ofoste || eftsiðes georn / frætwum g
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Beowulf 3090b:
inn under eorðweall || ic on ofoste gefeng / micle mid mundum || m
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Metre of the Day
The Death of Edgar 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxSxx
- Type: d1b
- Sievers
- Scansion: xx / | ~ x
- Type: C3
Syntax: aV
Non Primary Ictus: t
Particle
Light Verse
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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