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Poem of the Day:
Azarias
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him ða azarias
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ingeðoncum
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hleoðrede halig
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ðurh hatne lig
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dreag dædum georn
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dryhten herede
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wis in weorcum
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ond ðas word acwæð
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meotud allwihta
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ðu eart meahtum swið
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niðas to nerganne
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is ðin noma mære
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wlitig ond wuldorfæst
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ofer werðeode
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sindon ðine domas
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on dæda gehwam
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soðe geswiðde
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ond gesigefæste
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eac ðine willan
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in woruldspedum
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Word Form of the Day: cadauera
cadaver
noun
neut
nom/voc/acc
pl
er_eris
cadaver
noun
neut
nom/voc/acc
pl
er_eris
Number of occurrences in corpus: 37
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 4 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxS~x
- Type: d3b
- Sievers
- Scansion: xx / | ~ x
- Type: C3
Syntax: AC
Non Primary Ictus: s
Light Verse
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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