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Poem of the Day: Metrical Psalm 92:4

  1. Geæru is ðin setl || and ðu ece god
  2. er worulde frumæn || wunæst butan ende.

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Word Form of the Day: spicat

spico verb pres ind act 3rd sg conj1 are_vb

spico verb pres ind act 3rd sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

The Ruin 1a

Bliss
Scansion: Sx|xxSs
Type: 1A*2
Sievers
Scansion: / xxx | / \
Type: A2b

Syntax: AvN
Non Primary Ictus: S
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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