A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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Poem of the Day: Instructions for Christians

Syle ece gode || æhta þinra
þone teoðan dæl; || he getyþað þe
and he ðe mænigfealdað || mycle þa nigone.
Syndon feower þing || forð-steppende
to þæra ecan || eadignesse;
he ne missað na || ða he gemetað.
An is monnes geswinc, || oðer muðes gebede;
þridde is leornung || on lifes æ;
seo feorða is þæt fæsten || ðe we gefremmon sceolon.
Syndon eac swa some || oðer feower
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Word Form of the Day: uictoremque

victor#1 noun masc acc sg or_oLris

victor#1 noun masc acc sg or_oLris

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

Carmina 03 136: e calcem: / Conterat illa caput uictoremque ultima uincat". / Post haec att

Metre of the Day

Bliss: Scansion: xSx|$; Type: 3B1a
Sievers: Scansion: x / | x /; Type: B1

Syntax: NgA

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)