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Poem of the Day: Riddles 41

  1. || edniwu
  2. ðæt is moddor || monigra cynna
  3. ðæs selestan || ðæs sweartestan
  4. ðæs deorestan || ðæs ðe dryhta bearn
  5. ofer foldan sceat || to gefean agen
  6. ne magon we her in eorðan || owiht lifgan
  7. nymðe we brucen || ðæs ða bearn doð
  8. ðæt is to geðencanne || ðeoda gehwylcum
  9. wisfæstum werum || hwæt seo wiht sy

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Word Form of the Day: seruatus

servo participle perf part pass masc nom sg pp4 are_vb

servo participle perf part pass masc nom sg pp4 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 6

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 41 1a

Syntax: null

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