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Poem of the Day: The Paris Psalter: Psalm 79

  1. þu þe israela || æþelum cynne
  2. reccest and rædest || þu nu recene beheald
  3. þu þe ioseph swa sceap || gramum wiþlæddest

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Word Form of the Day: exacuunt

exacuo verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj3

ex-acuo verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj3

exacuo verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj3

ex-acuo verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj3

Number of occurrences in corpus: 2

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 37 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxSx|x$
Type: 3B*1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | xx /
Type: B2

Syntax: NV

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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