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Poem of the Day: N.ÆthÆlfEad.Alt.Inscr

  1. [Ara] [spec. . .] flaglanti fusa liquore
  2. Stat benedicta piis sub nomine [. . .]
  3. Æþeldriþe Ælfgiueque simul seu uirginis Eadgiþ
  4. Quę uiuunt Christo gestant [. . .] maniplos.

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Word Form of the Day: unryhtes

Number of occurrences in corpus: 24

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Metre of the Day

Cædmon's Hymn, West-Saxon Version 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxx~+x
Type: a1c
Sievers
Scansion: xxx ~+ x
Type: A3

Syntax: VI
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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