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Poem of the Day:
N.Hymn.DeSSVirg2
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1. Alleluia.
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2a. Deo promat
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plebs nostra cantica pulchra,
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2b. Virginibus
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qui confert aurea saecla,
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3a. Et coniugatas
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omnes ad regna
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vocat pius aeterna,
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3b. Coronam vitae
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viduis et promittit
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Word Form of the Day: wician
Number of occurrences in corpus: 1
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Exodus 117a:
iwe nihtweard || nyde sceolde / wician ofer weredum || þy læs him
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 33 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: S|xxxSx
- Type: 1A1c
- Sievers
- Scansion: / xxx | / x
- Type: A1
Syntax: NP
Double Alliteration
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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