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Poem of the Day: Fragment of Psalm 140

  1. sy on ðinre gesihðe || mines sylfes gebed
  2. full ricene gereht || swa recels bið
  3. ðonne hit gifre || gleda bærnað

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Word Form of the Day: peccatur

pecco verb pres ind pass 3rd sg conj1 are_vb

pecco verb pres ind pass 3rd sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 2

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Metre of the Day

Fragment of Psalm 64 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxxSx|S
Type: 3B1c
Sievers
Scansion: xxx / | x /
Type: B1

Syntax: aV

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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