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Poem of the Day: The Metres of Boethius: Metre 30

  1. omerus wæs || east mid crecum
  2. on þæm leodscipe || leoþa cræftgast
  3. firgilies || freond and lareow
  4. þæm mæran sceope || magistra betst
  5. hwæt se omerus || oft and gelome
  6. þære sunnan wlite || swiþe herede
  7. æþelo cræftas || oft and gelome
  8. leoþum and spellum || leodum reahte
  9. ne mæg hio þeah gescinan || þeah hio sie scir and beorht
  10. ahwærgen neah || ealla gesceafta
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: crispans

crispo participle pres part neut acc sg conj1 are_vb

crispo participle pres part masc/fem/neut nom/voc sg conj1 are_vb

crispo participle pres part neut acc sg conj1 are_vb

crispo participle pres part masc/fem/neut nom/voc sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 3

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Metre of the Day

The Capture of the Five Boroughs 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xSx|~+
Type: 3B1a
Sievers
Scansion: x / | x ~+
Type: B1

Syntax: NN

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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