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Poem of the Day:
The Metres of Boethius: Metre 30
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omerus wæs
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east mid crecum
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on þæm leodscipe
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leoþa cræftgast
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firgilies
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freond and lareow
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þæm mæran sceope
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magistra betst
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hwæt se omerus
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oft and gelome
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þære sunnan wlite
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swiþe herede
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æþelo cræftas
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oft and gelome
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leoþum and spellum
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leodum reahte
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ne mæg hio þeah gescinan
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þeah hio sie scir and beorht
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ahwærgen neah
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ealla gesceafta
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Word Form of the Day: abrupere
abrumpo
verb
perf
ind
act
3rd
pl
perfstem
poetic
abrumpo
verb
perf
ind
act
3rd
pl
perfstem
poetic
Number of occurrences in corpus: 1
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Carmina 05 421:
cum: laeti mox praesule tanta / Abrupere moras, castris excedere certa
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 52 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxSxx
- Type: d1b
- Sievers
- Scansion: xx / | / x
- Type: C1
Syntax: VN
Non Primary Ictus: T
Light Verse
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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