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Poem of the Day:
FRITHEGOD.MaryMag.Hymn.02
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Editus absque macula
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Mundi piauit scelera,
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Deuicto mortis principe
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Spem nobis dedit uenie,
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Testantur euangelica
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Diuinitus eloquia.
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Word Form of the Day: mandædum
Number of occurrences in corpus: 4
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Metre of the Day
Fragment of Psalm 24 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xx~+|Sx
- Type: 2C1b
- Sievers
- Scansion: xx ~+ | / x
- Type: C2
Syntax: AN
Heavy Verse: Yes
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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