A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: N.Schol.ClavSap

  1. Dilige, care Deo, scripturae discere causas,
  2. Felix ut possis rerum cognoscere causas;
  3. Celsa tenet nam bis binas sapientia claues.
  4. E quibus in primis industria magna legendi est;
  5. Inde secundo loco fit percunctatio crebra;
  6. Tertia quae sequitur contemptus diuitiarum est;
  7. Debita doctorum fulget ueneratio quarta.
  8. Quattuor hae claues caelestis uerba sophiae
  9. Rite tibi reserant, lector, si diligis illas;
  10. Frater, amate mihi, idcirco te sedulus oro
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: glidon

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 61 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxSx|xS
Type: 3B*1c
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | xx /
Type: B2

Syntax: aV

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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