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Poem of the Day: The Metres of Boethius: Metre 29

  1. gif þu nu wilnige || weorulddrihtnes
  2. heane anwald || hlutre mode
  3. ongitan giorne || gem almægene
  4. heofones tunglu || hu hi him healdaþ betwuh
  5. sibbe singale || dydon swa lange
  6. swa hi gewenede || wuldres aldor
  7. æt frumsceafte || þæt sio fyrene ne mot
  8. sunne gesecan || snawcealdes weg
  9. monan gemæro || hwæt þa mæran tungl
  10. auþer oþres rene || a ne gehrineþ
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: dilexit

diligo verb perf ind act 3rd sg perfstem

diligo verb perf ind act 3rd sg perfstem

Number of occurrences in corpus: 16

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Metre of the Day

The Death of Edgar 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxSxx
Type: d1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | ~ x
Type: C3

Syntax: aV
Non Primary Ictus: t
Particle
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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