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Poem of the Day:
FRITHEGOD.MaryMag.Hymn.21
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Curramus ergo propere
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Angustum callem patrie,
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Spatiosa itinera
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Linquentes morti proxima,
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Efficiat nos incolas
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Celi sancta humilitas.
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Word Form of the Day: wæpen
Number of occurrences in corpus: 18
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Andreas 1145a:
hehþo || hæþenum folce / het wæpen wera || wexe gelicost / on þam
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Elene 17b:
þeodum to wræce || syþþan wæpen ahof / wiþ hetendum || him wæ
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Elene 749a:
iþ æglæce || unoferswiþed / wæpen æt wigge || be þam se witga
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Christ B 680a:
gan || sum mæg styled sweord / wæpen gewyrcan || sum con wonga big
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Guthlac A 304a:
nd || oðberan ðence / worulde wæpen || ne sceal ðes wong gode / ð
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Riddles 3 58b:
ðe geræceð || rynegiestes wæpen / ic ðæs orleges || or anstel
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Riddles 55 12b:
e / wulfheafedtreo || ðæt oft wæpen abæd / his mondryhtne || maðm
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The Wanderer 100a:
rlas fornoman || asca ðryðe / wæpen wælgifru || wyrd seo mære / o
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Beowulf 292a:
dinga || gewitað forð beran / wæpen ond gewædu || ic eow wisige /
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Beowulf 685a:
gif he gesecean dear / wig ofer wæpen || ond siððan witig god / on
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 53 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxxSx
- Type: a1c
- Sievers
- Scansion: xxx / x
- Type: A3
Syntax: iP
Light Verse
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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