A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: Azarias

  1. him ða azarias || ingeðoncum
  2. hleoðrede halig || ðurh hatne lig
  3. dreag dædum georn || dryhten herede
  4. wis in weorcum || ond ðas word acwæð
  5. meotud allwihta || ðu eart meahtum swið
  6. niðas to nerganne || is ðin noma mære
  7. wlitig ond wuldorfæst || ofer werðeode
  8. sindon ðine domas || on dæda gehwam
  9. soðe geswiðde || ond gesigefæste
  10. eac ðine willan || in woruldspedum
  11. ...

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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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