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Poem of the Day: The Metres of Boethius: Metre 24

  1. ic hæbbe fiþru || fugle swiftran
  2. mid þæm ic fleogan mæg || feor fram eorþan
  3. ofer heane hrof || heofones þisses
  4. ac þær ic nu moste || mod gefeþran
  5. þinne ferþlocan || feþrum minum
  6. oþþæt þu meahte || þisne middangeard
  7. ælc eorþlic þing || eallunga forsion
  8. meahtes ofer rodorum || gereclice
  9. feþerum lacan || feor up ofer
  10. wolcnu windan || wlitan siþþan
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: figuro

figuro verb pres ind act 1st sg conj1 are_vb

figuro verb pres ind act 1st sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 15 1a

Bliss
Scansion: S|xxS
Type: N/A
Sievers
Scansion: / \ x | /
Type: E

Syntax: NvA
Notes: Irregular

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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