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Poem of the Day:
The Panther
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monge sindon
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geond middangeard
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unrimu cynn
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ðe we æðelu ne magon
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ryhte areccan
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ne rim witan
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ðæs wide sind
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geond world innan
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fugla ond deora
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foldhrerendra
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wornas widsceope
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swa wæter bibugeð
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ðisne beorhtan bosm
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brim grymetende
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sealtyða geswing
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we bi sumum hyrdon
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wrætlice gecynd
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wildra secgan
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firum freamærne
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feorlondum on
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Word Form of the Day: iordanes
Number of occurrences in corpus: 2
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Euangelia 01 451:
s Galilaeaque plebes, / Quos et Iordanes dirimit stagnante fluento. / Ho
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Euangelia 03 461:
pinguia rura silenter / Agmine Iordanes uiridis perrumpit amoeno. / Nec
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Metre of the Day
Maxims II 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: ~+|xSx|Sx
- Type: N/A
- Sievers
- Scansion: ~+ x | / x | / x
- Type: HA1
Syntax: NNV
Heavy Verse: Hypermetric
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry