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Poem of the Day: N.MiraculaNyniae

  1. Rex deus eternus, patris veneranda potestas,
  2. Tempore completo celi de culmine Christus
  3. Venerat et castae matris de corpore carnem
  4. Suscepit, ut nostrum quemquam salvaret ab ira.
  5. Divinorum operum rerumque aeterna potestas
  6. Matris concessit cum virginitatis honore
  7. Fulgere perpetuo cunctis venerabile corpus,
  8. Clara salutifere posuit solatia vitae.
  9. Multa per innumeras micuere lumina terras,
  10. Late per populos domini pia gratia fluxit,
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: biterne

Number of occurrences in corpus: 6

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Metre of the Day

The Rune Poem 1a

Bliss
Scansion: $|xSx
Type: 1A1a
Sievers
Scansion: / x | / x
Type: A1

Syntax: NvN
Notes: Parasiting
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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