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Poem of the Day: BERHTGYTH.Balthard.Octo2

  1. Pro me, quaero, oramina
  2. Precum; pandent precipua
  3. Tua formosa famina,
  4. Tu[a] soph[a sci]entia,
  5. Uti noua ac uetera
  6. Uti dira discrimina
  7. Christus abolet crimina
  8. Cum inmensa clementia
  9. Ut armata angelicis
  10. Vallata legionibus
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: gramum

Number of occurrences in corpus: 10

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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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