A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: CVTHBERTH.Epit

Qui quondam extiterant famosi late per orbem,
corpora sena tenet horum hic marmor adumbrans,
tumbaque mirifico presens fabricata decore
desuper exculpto cohibet cum culmine tecta.
hos ego Cudbertus sacri successor honoris
inclusi tumulis, exornavique sepulchris.
pontifices ex his ternos sacra infula cinxit:
Torthere, Walstod[e] et Tyrhtil sunt nomina, quorum
regulus est quartus Milfrith, cum coniuge digna
Quenburga; exstitit e senis haec ordine quinta.
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Word Form of the Day: leodwerum

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

Exodus 110a: nnan || setlrade beheold / ofer leodwerum || lige scinan / byrnende beam

Metre of the Day

Bliss: Scansion: S|xxxSx; Type: 1A1c
Sievers: Scansion: / xxx | / x; Type: A1

Syntax: NP
Double Alliteration

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