A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: The Menologium

  1. crist wæs acennyd || cyninga wuldor
  2. on midne winter || mære þeoden
  3. ece ælmihtig || on þy eahteoþan dæg
  4. hælend gehaten || heofonrices weard
  5. swa þa sylfan tiid || side herigeas
  6. folc unmæte || habbaþ foreweard gear
  7. for þy se calend us || cymeþ geþincged
  8. on þam ylcan dæge || us to tune
  9. forma monaþ || hine folc mycel
  10. ianuarius || gerum heton
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: obiurgans

objurgo participle pres part neut acc sg conj1 are_vb

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

objurgo participle pres part neut acc sg conj1 are_vb

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

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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