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Poem of the Day:
N.Dunstan.Vers
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O Dunstane tuis precibus per sæcula servis
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Assis in auxilium regnum poscendo polorum.
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Word Form of the Day: waca
Number of occurrences in corpus: 1
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Beowulf 660a:
e mærðo || mægenellen cyð / waca wið wraðum || ne bið ðe w
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Metre of the Day
The Coronation of Edgar 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xSx|$
- Type: 3B1a
- Sievers
- Scansion: x / | x /
- Type: B1
Syntax: NV
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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