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Poem of the Day: Metrical Charm 4: For a Sudden Stitch

  1. hlude wæran hy la hlude || ða hy ofer ðone hlæw ridan
  2. wæran anmode || ða hy ofer land ridan
  3. scyld ðu ðe nu ðu ðysne nið || genesan mote
  4. ut lytel spere || gif her inne sie
  5. stod under linde || under leohtum scylde
  6. ðær ða mihtigan wif || hyra mægen beræddon
  7. and hy gyllende || garas sændan
  8. ic him oðerne || eft wille sændan
  9. fleogende flane || forane togeanes
  10. ut lytel spere || gif hit her inne sie
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: gramina

gramen noun neut nom/voc/acc pl men_minis

gramen noun neut nom/voc/acc pl men_minis

Number of occurrences in corpus: 33

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Metre of the Day

Azarias 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xx~+xx
Type: d1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx ~+ | ~ x
Type: C2

Syntax: aN
Notes: Name
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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