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Poem of the Day:
Cædmon's Hymn, Northumbrian Version
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nu scylun hergan
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hefaenricaes uard
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metudæs maecti
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end his modgidanc
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uerc uuldurfadur
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sue he uundra gihuaes
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eci dryctin
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or astelidæ
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he aerist scop
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aelda barnum
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heben til hrofe
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haleg scepen
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tha middungeard
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moncynnæs uard
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eci dryctin
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æfter tiadæ
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firum foldu
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frea allmectig
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Word Form of the Day: officiale
officialis
noun
masc
abl
sg
is_is
officialis
noun
masc
abl
sg
is_is
Number of occurrences in corpus: 1
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ALCVIN.Carm 26 10:
es Christi sua iura tenebunt, / Officiale decus servant sibi rite minis
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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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