A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: Guthlac

se bið gefeana fægrast || ðonne hy æt frymðe gemetað
engel ond seo eadge sawl || ofgiefeð hio ðas eorðan wynne
forlæteð ðas lænan dreamas || ond hio wið ðam lice gedæleð
ðonne cwið se engel || hafað yldran had
greteð gæst oðerne || abeodeð him godes ærende
nu ðu most feran || ðider ðu fundadest
longe ond gelome || ic ðec lædan sceal
wegas ðe sindon weðe || ond wuldres leoht
torht ontyned || eart nu tidfara
to ðam halgan ham || ðær næfre hreow cymeð
...

Word Form of the Day: studentes

studens noun masc acc pl ens_entis

studens noun masc nom/voc pl ens_entis

studeo participle pres part masc/fem acc pl conj2

studeo participle pres part masc/fem nom/voc pl conj2

studens noun masc acc pl ens_entis

studens noun masc nom/voc pl ens_entis

studeo participle pres part masc/fem acc pl conj2

studeo participle pres part masc/fem nom/voc pl conj2

Number of occurrences in corpus: 3

ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1517: / concordes operi deuota mente studentes. / Hoc tamen ipse pater socio
Metrical inscription to the 'Benedictional of St Æthelwold' 30: t[i]que malum semper superare studentes / coniuncti domino sint in cael
Breuiloquium de omnibus sanctis 590: Et soli domino semper placere studentes, / Omnia mundanae contempnunt pr

Metre of the Day

Fragment of Psalm 43 1a

Bliss: Scansion: xxSx|S; Type: 3B1b
Sievers: Scansion: xx / | x /; Type: B1

Syntax: NgA

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)