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Poem of the Day: FRITHEGOD.MaryMag.Hymn.02

  1. Editus absque macula
  2. Mundi piauit scelera,
  3. Deuicto mortis principe
  4. Spem nobis dedit uenie,
  5. Testantur euangelica
  6. 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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