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Poem of the Day: Riddles 46

  1. wer sæt æt wine || mid his wifum twam
  2. ond his twegen suno || ond his twa dohtor
  3. swase gesweostor || ond hyra suno twegen
  4. freolico frumbearn || fæder wæs ðær inne
  5. ðara æðelinga || æghwæðres mid
  6. eam ond nefa || ealra wæron fife
  7. eorla ond idesa || insittendra

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Word Form of the Day: trims

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 91 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xSx|$
Type: 3B1a
Sievers
Scansion: x / | x /
Type: B1

Syntax: NV

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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