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Poem of the Day: N.Dunstan.Hymn

Ave, Dunstane, presulum
Sidus decusque splendidum,
Lux vera gentis Anglice
Et ad deum dux praevie.
Tu spes tuorum maxima
Dulcedo necnon intima
Spirans odorum balsama
Vitalium melliflua.
Tibi pater nos credimus
Quibus te nil iocundius
...

Word Form of the Day: ætwæg

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

Beowulf 1198b: um hæleða || syððan hama ætwæg / to ðære byrhtan byrig || br

Metre of the Day

The Metrical Epilogue to MS. 41, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1a

Bliss: Scansion: xxxS; Type: N/A
Sievers: Scansion: xxxS; Type: N/A

Syntax: Va
Particle

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)