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Poem of the Day: Waldere, Fragment II

  1. buton þam anum || þe ic eac hafa
  2. on stanfate || stille gehided
  3. ic wat þæt hit þohte || þeodric widian
  4. selfum onsendon || and eac sinc micel
  5. maþma mid þi mece || monig oþres mid him
  6. golde gegirwan || iulean genam
  7. þæs þe hine of nearwum || niþhades mæg
  8. welandes bearn || widia ut forlet
  9. þurh fifela gewe/ /ld || forþ onette
  10. waldere maþ/ /lode || wiga ellenrof
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: bigas

biga noun fem acc pl a_ae

bigae noun fem acc pl a_ae

biga noun fem acc pl a_ae

bigae noun fem acc pl a_ae

Number of occurrences in corpus: 3

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 6 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxSx|S
Type: 3B1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | x /
Type: B1

Syntax: VA
Notes: Interesting
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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