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Poem of the Day:
ABBO.Ramsey.Vers
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O Ramesiga cohors, amplis quæ claudere stagnis,
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Purior obrizo niteris esse Deo,
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Vasta palus, piscosa nimis, sua Dindyma pandit
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Ut nova sint eremi claustra reperta tibi,
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Nam qua corvigeræ consurgit proditor hydræ,
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Insula sylvoso gurgite pulchra nitet.
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Et qua splendentis se mergunt lora Böotis,
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Pons est inde suis pervius Angligenis.
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Qua cynosura poli fixum regit undique gyrum,
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Anguillosa palus nescit habere modum.
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Word Form of the Day: mihtigne
Number of occurrences in corpus: 3
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Genesis B 253a:
he swa swiþne geworhtne / swa mihtigne on his modgeþohte || he let
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Genesis B 524a:
guma || þonne ic sigedrihten / mihtigne god || mæþlan gehyrde / stran
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Genesis B 848b:
ne / morgena gehwilce || bædon mihtigne / þæt hie ne forgeate || god
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 46 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: S|xxSx
- Type: 1A1b
- Sievers
- Scansion: / xx | / x
- Type: A1
Syntax: NP
Double Alliteration
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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