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Poem of the Day:
N.Annunciation.Comm.Trop
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Virginis antiquae sceleri quo terminus instet,
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suscipiente Deo, fragilis iam tegmina carnis: Ecce uirgo
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Saluandam ecclesiam, qui per baptismatis undam
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conuocet, atque suos sine fine coronet alumnos: et vocabitur
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Word Form of the Day: hondlocen
Number of occurrences in corpus: 2
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Beowulf 322a:
dere || guðbyrne scan / heard hondlocen || hringiren scir / song in sea
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Beowulf 551a:
laðum || licsyrce min / heard hondlocen || helpe gefremede / beadohræg
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Metre of the Day
Riddles 52 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxSxx
- Type: d1b
- Sievers
- Scansion: xx / | / x
- Type: C1
Syntax: VN
Non Primary Ictus: T
Light Verse
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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