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Poem of the Day:
N.Colophon.Octo
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Scriptori uita aeterna
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Legenti pax perpetua;
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Tres quidem digiti scribunt,
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Tota membra laborant.
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Word Form of the Day: ongann
Number of occurrences in corpus: 148
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Genesis A 30a:
engles mōd / þe þone unrǣd on·gann || ǣrest fremman, / wefan and
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Genesis B 259b:
t him tō wiersan þinġe, || on·gann him winn up ā·hebban% / wiþ
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Genesis B 262a:
ed weorðan% / þæt his enġel on·gann || ofer-mōd wesan, / ā·hōf
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Genesis B 293a:
e·hīerde, / þæt his enġel on·gann || ofer-mōde miċel / ā·hebb
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Genesis B 442a:
e || wordum and dǣdum / lāre. / On·gann hine þā ġierwan || Godes a
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Genesis B 495a:
e·weorc || heofon-cininges. / On·gann hine þā friġnan || forman
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Genesis B 589b:
ht, || oþþæt hire on innan on·gann / weallan wyrmes ġe·þeaht, |
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Genesis B 591b:
rcod, || þæt hēo hire mōd on·gann / lǣtan aefter þam lārum. ||
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Genesis B 649b:
c ġe·þōht, || þæt hēo on·gann his wordum trūwian, / lǣstan
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Genesis B 705b:
clīċe, || oþ þǣm þeġne on·gann / his hyġe hweorfan, || þæt
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 86 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: S|xSx
- Type: 1A1a
- Sievers
- Scansion: / x | / x
- Type: A1
Syntax: NI
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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