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Poem of the Day: Riddles 50

  1. Wiga is on eorþan || wundrum acenned
  2. dryhtum to nytte, || of dumbum twam
  3. torht atyhted, || þone on teon wigeð
  4. feond his feonde.
  5. Forstrangne oft
  6. wif hine wrið; || he him wel hereð,
  7. þeowaþ him geþwære, || gif him þegniað
  8. mægeð ond mæcgas || mid gemete ryhte,
  9. fedað hine fægre; || he him fremum stepeð
  10. life on lissum. || Leanað grimme
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: pulsanti

pulso participle pres part masc/fem/neut abl sg conj1 are_vb

pulso participle pres part masc/fem/neut dat sg conj1 are_vb

pulso participle pres part masc/fem/neut abl sg conj1 are_vb

pulso participle pres part masc/fem/neut dat sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 22 1a

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

Syntax: aV

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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