A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred

Inscius egregios aegris conatibus actus
Ordior; en mutilum quo fert fiducia sensum
Ausibus infidis? aderit sed calculus ignis,
Forcipe uatidicum solitus purgare labellum,
Cunctipotens opifex, archani pandulus index,
Spiritus internis animans dulcoribus antra
Cordis amara mei, ne quid displodat inepti
Lingua tenax iusti, quo non feruente serenas
Efficit haut Phoebus tedas aut Cinthia parcas.
Saecla priora quidem, lubrico fantasmate lusa,
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Word Form of the Day: hreowe

Number of occurrences in corpus: 2

Christ C 1557a: dig mon || ne he wihte hafað / hreowe on mode || ðæt him halig g
Instructions for Christians 14a: || þæt he ofte do / wop and hreowe% || for his misdæda. / þonne i

Metre of the Day

Bliss: Scansion: xx$|xS; Type: 2B1b
Sievers: Scansion: xx / | x /; Type: B1

Syntax: aca

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)