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Poem of the Day: Solomon and Saturn

  1. saturnus cwæþ #
  2. hwæt ic iglanda || eallra hæbbe
  3. boca onbyrged || þurh gebregdstafas
  4. larcræftas onlocen || libia and greca
  5. swylce eac istoriam || indea rices
  6. me þa treahteras || tala wisedon
  7. on þam micelan bec #

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Word Form of the Day: abscondunt

abscondo verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj3

abs-condo verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj3

abscondo verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj3

abs-condo verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj3

Number of occurrences in corpus: 2

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Metre of the Day

The Wife's Lament 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxS|~x
Type: 2C2b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | ~ x
Type: C3

Syntax: NV

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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