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Poem of the Day: The Paris Psalter: Psalm 108

  1. nelle ic lofes þines || lifigende god
  2. geswigian || þeah þe me synfulra
  3. inwitfulra muþas || on ganian

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Word Form of the Day: arbiterque

arbiter noun masc nom/voc sg er_ri

arbiter noun masc nom/voc sg er_ri

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Bede's Death Song, Northumbrian Version 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxxS~x
Type: d3c
Sievers
Scansion: xxx / | ~ x
Type: C3

Syntax: NC
Non Primary Ictus: s
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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