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Poem of the Day: The Metres of Boethius: Metre 18

  1. eala þæt se yfla || unrihta gedeþ
  2. wraþa willa || wohhæmetes
  3. þæt he mid ealle gedræfþ || anra gehwylces
  4. monna cynnes || mod fulneah þon
  5. hwæt sio wilde beo || þeah wis sie
  6. anunga sceal || eall forweorþan
  7. gif hio yrringa || awuht stingeþ
  8. swa sceal sawla gehwilc || siþþan losian
  9. gif se lichoma || forlegen weorþeþ
  10. unrihthæmede || bute him ær cume
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: radio

radius noun masc abl sg ius_i

radius noun masc dat sg ius_i

radio verb pres ind act 1st sg conj1 are_vb

radius noun masc abl sg ius_i

radius noun masc dat sg ius_i

radio verb pres ind act 1st sg conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 11

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 58 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxSxx
Type: d1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / | ~ x
Type: C3

Syntax: AC
Non Primary Ictus: t
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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