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Poem of the Day: The Paris Psalter: Psalm 60

  1. gehyr halig god || hraþe mine bene
  2. beheald mine gebed || holde mode
  3. nu ic of eorþan || utgemærum
  4. cleopige to þe || nu me caru beateþ
  5. heard æt heortan || help min nu-þa
  6. ahefe me holdlice || on halne stan

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Word Form of the Day: evacuat

evacuo verb pres ind act 3rd sg conj1 are_vb

ex-vacuo verb pres ind act 3rd sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 6 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxSx|S
Type: 3B1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | x /
Type: B1

Syntax: VA
Notes: Interesting
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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