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Poem of the Day: Godric's Prayer 2

  1. Sainte Marie uirgine,
  2. moder Ihesu Cristes Nazarene,
  3. onfo scild help þin Godric,
  4. onfang bring eghtlech wið þe in Godes riche.
  5. Crist and Seinte Marie sio on scamel me iledde
  6. thæt ic on this hi erthe ne sciulde uuit mine bare fot itreide.

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Word Form of the Day: sacrosancta

sacrosanctus noun neut nom/voc/acc pl us_a_um

sacrosanctus noun fem abl sg us_a_um

sacrosanctus noun fem nom/voc sg us_a_um

sacrosanctus noun neut nom/voc/acc pl us_a_um

sacrosanctus noun fem abl sg us_a_um

sacrosanctus noun fem nom/voc sg us_a_um

Number of occurrences in corpus: 4

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 16 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxxxSx|Sx
Type: hyp.
Sievers
Scansion: xxxx / x | / x
Type: hA1

Syntax: PI
Heavy Verse: Hypermetric
Double Alliteration

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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