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Poem of the Day: Riddles 38

  1. ic ða wiht geseah || wæpnedcynnes
  2. geoguðmyrðe grædig || him on gafol forlet
  3. ferðfriðende || feower wellan
  4. scire sceotan || on gesceap ðeotan
  5. mon maðelade || se ðe me gesægde
  6. seo wiht gif hio gedygeð || duna briceð
  7. gif he tobirsteð || bindeð cwice

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Word Form of the Day: lux

lux noun fem nom sg x_cis

lux noun masc nom sg x_cis

lux noun fem nom sg x_cis

lux noun masc nom sg x_cis

Number of occurrences in corpus: 229

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Metre of the Day

Durham 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxS|Sx
Type: 2C1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | / x
Type: C1
Russom
Scansion: x/Ssx

Syntax: NA
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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