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Poem of the Day: Riddles 24

  1. ic eom wunderlicu wiht || wræsne mine stefne
  2. hwilum beorce swa hund || hwilum blæte swa gat
  3. hwilum græde swa gos || hwilum gielle swa hafoc
  4. hwilum ic onhyrge || ðone haswan earn
  5. guðfugles hleoðor || hwilum glidan reorde
  6. muðe gemæne || hwilum mæwes song
  7. ðær ic glado sitte || giefu mec nemnað
  8. swylce æsc ond rad || os fullesteð
  9. hægl ond is || nu ic haten eom
  10. swa ða siex stafas || sweotule becnað

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Word Form of the Day: calcent

calceo verb pres subj act 3rd pl conj1 are_vb

calco verb pres subj act 3rd pl conj1 are_vb

calceo verb pres subj act 3rd pl conj1 are_vb

calco verb pres subj act 3rd pl conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 77 1a

Bliss
Scansion: S|xSx
Type: 1A1a
Sievers
Scansion: / x | / x
Type: A1

Syntax: NV
Notes: Interesting

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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