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Poem of the Day: N.Hymn.DeSSBrinSwithun1

  1. 1. Gaudens Christi
  2. praesentia iucunda
  3. 2a. Caelicolarum
  4. cohors laetabunda
  5. gaudia
  6. huius diei praecelsa
  7. 2b. Laude celsa
  8. sollemnizet Swithuni
  9. inclita
  10. et praeconizet merita.
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: missað

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 17 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxS~x
Type: d3b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | ~ x
Type: C3

Syntax: NC
Non Primary Ictus: s
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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