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Poem of the Day: Riddles 54

  1. hyse cwom gangan || ðær he hie wisse
  2. stondan in wincsele || stop feorran to
  3. hror hægstealdmon || hof his agen
  4. hrægl hondum up || hrand under gyrdels
  5. hyre stondendre || stiðes nathwæt
  6. worhte his willan || wagedan buta
  7. ðegn onnette || wæs ðragum nyt
  8. tillic esne || teorode hwæðre
  9. æt stunda gehwam || strong ær ðon hio
  10. werig ðæs weorces || hyre weaxan ongon
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: allegant

allego#1 verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj1 are_vb

ad-lego#2 verb pres subj act 3rd pl conj3

ad-lego#1 verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj1 are_vb

allego#1 verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj1 are_vb

ad-lego#2 verb pres subj act 3rd pl conj3

ad-lego#1 verb pres ind act 3rd pl conj1 are_vb

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

The Lord's Prayer III 1a

Bliss
Scansion: ~+|Ssx
Type: 1D2
Sievers
Scansion: ~+ | / \ x
Type: D1

Syntax: NNg

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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