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Poem of the Day:
Riddles 19
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ic on siðe seah
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sigel rad os
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hægl hygewloncne
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heafodbeorhtne
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swiftne ofer sælwong
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swiðe ðrægan
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hæfde him on hrycge
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hildeðryðe
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nied os monn
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nægledne rad
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ac giefu eoh wyn
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widlast ferede
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rynestrong on rade
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rofne cen os
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feoh os ac hægl
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for wæs ðy beorhtre
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swylcra siðfæt
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saga hwæt ic hatte
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Word Form of the Day: penetrabunt
penetro
verb
fut
ind
act
3rd
pl
conj1
are_vb
penetro
verb
fut
ind
act
3rd
pl
conj1
are_vb
Number of occurrences in corpus: 1
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BEDE.Hymn 2 17:
e, talenta. / Lucra reportantes penetrabunt gaudia regni. / Seruus iners te
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Metre of the Day
Christ and Satan 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxSxx
- Type: d1b
- Sievers
- Scansion: xx / | / x
- Type: C1
- Russom
- Scansion: x/Ssx
Syntax: AC
Non Primary Ictus: T
Light Verse
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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