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Poem of the Day: Riddles 91

  1. min heafod is || homere geðuren
  2. searopila wund || sworfen feole
  3. oft ic begine || ðæt me ongean sticað
  4. ðonne ic hnitan sceal || hringum gyrded
  5. hearde wið heardum || hindan ðyrel
  6. forð ascufan || ðæt mines frean
  7. mod wyn freoðað || middelnihtum
  8. hwilum ic under bæc || bregde nebbe
  9. hyrde ðæs hordes || ðonne min hlaford wile
  10. lafe ðicgan || ðara ðe he of life het
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: voluisset

volo#1 verb plup subj act 3rd sg perfstem

volvo verb plup subj act 3rd sg perfstem

Number of occurrences in corpus: 2

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Metre of the Day

Widsith 1a

Bliss
Scansion: Sx|~+xx
Type: 2A1a
Sievers
Scansion: / x | ~+ ~ x
Type: D*2
Russom
Scansion: Sx/Sxx

Syntax: NV
Notes: Name, Irregular

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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