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Poem of the Day: The Paris Psalter: Psalm 64

  1. þe gedafenaþ || drihten user
  2. þæt þe man on sion || swyþe herige
  3. and on hierusalem || gylde and gehate

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Word Form of the Day: attraxit

attraho verb perf ind act 3rd sg perfstem

ad-traho verb perf ind act 3rd sg perfstem

attraho verb perf ind act 3rd sg perfstem

ad-traho verb perf ind act 3rd sg perfstem

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 46 1a

Bliss
Scansion: S|xxSx
Type: 1A1b
Sievers
Scansion: / xx | / x
Type: A1

Syntax: NP
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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