A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor

Christe deus, summi uirtus, sapientia patris,
uita, salus, hominum factor, renouator, amator,
unica lingua dei, donorum tu dator alme;
munera da mentis, fragili da uerba poetae,
irrorans stolidum uiuaci flumine pectus,
ut mea lingua queat de te tua dicere dona:
te sine nulla ualet dignum quid dicere lingua.
Vos quoque suppliciter ciues contestor Olympi,
o sancti, populus fortis, gens diua tonantis.
Victrices aquilas caeli qui fertis in arcem,
...

Word Form of the Day: ðonces

Number of occurrences in corpus: 2

Guthlac B 914a: hy guðlac || gearene fundon / ðonces gleawne || he geðyldum bad /
The Phoenix 144a: || heafde onbrygdeð / ðrist ðonces gleaw || ond ðriwa ascæceð

Metre of the Day

Soul and Body II 1a

Bliss: Scansion: xxxxSx; Type: a1d
Sievers: Scansion: xxxx / x; Type: A3

Syntax: aV
Particle
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)