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Poem of the Day:
HAEDDI.Paul.Octo
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In honorem almissimi
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ac doctoris dulcissimi
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Sancti Pauli solenniter
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ac vocati feliciter,
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Hedde, pontifex petitus
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ac cum amore accitus,
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dedicavit deicola
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atque clarus celicola.
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Word Form of the Day: arstafum
Number of occurrences in corpus: 4
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Riddles 26 24b:
ond ead / estum ycað || ond hy arstafum / lissum bilecgað || ond hi lu
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Beowulf 317a:
o feran || fæder alwalda / mid arstafum || eowic gehealde / siða gesun
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Beowulf 382a:
hæbbe || hine halig god / for arstafum || us onsende / to westdenum ||
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Beowulf 458a:
u || wine min beowulf / ond for arstafum || usic sohtest / gesloh ðin f
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 56 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxxSx
- Type: a1c
- Sievers
- Scansion: xxx / x
- Type: A3
Syntax: iva
Light Verse
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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