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Poem of the Day: The Paris Psalter: Psalm 73

  1. for hwan þu us ece god || æfre woldest
  2. æt ende fram þe || ahwær drifan
  3. is þin yrre strang || and egesa mycel
  4. ofer þin agen || eowde sceapa

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Word Form of the Day: hiesu

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Aldhelm 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxxSx
Type: a1c
Sievers
Scansion: xxx / x
Type: A3

Syntax: iV
Particle
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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