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Poem of the Day: Riddles 78

  1. oft ic flodas
  2. /s || cynn/ minum
  3. ond
  4. /yde me to mos/
  5. || swa ic him
  6. || ne æt ham gesæt
  7. || flote cwealde
  8. ðurh orðonc // || yðum bewrigene

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Word Form of the Day: helleboro

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Fragment of Psalm 60 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xx~+|Sx
Type: 2C1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx ~+ | / x
Type: C2

Syntax: NN

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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