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Poem of the Day: THEODORE.Haeddi.Octo

  1. Te nunc, sancte speculator,
  2. uerbi Dei digne dator,
  3. Hæddi, pie praesul, precor
  4. pontificum ditum decor:
  5. pro me tuo peregrino
  6. preces funde Theodoro.
  7. [‘You, now, holy bishop, / worthy giver of the Word of God, / Hæddi, holy prelate, I beseech you, / the glory of powerful pontiffs: / for me, your foreign visitor, / pour out prayers for Theodore.’ Lapidge 1995: 275]

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Word Form of the Day: hiniongae

Number of occurrences in corpus: 2

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Metre of the Day

The Battle of Brunanburh 1a

Bliss
Scansion: x~+x|~+
Type: 3B1a
Sievers
Scansion: x ~+ | x ~+
Type: B1
Russom
Scansion: Ss/Sx

Syntax: NN

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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