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Poem of the Day:
Riddles 36
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ic wiht geseah
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on wege feran
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seo wæs wrætlice
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wundrum gegierwed
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hæfde feowere
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fet under wombe
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ond ehtuwe
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monn [h w M] wiif [m x l kf wf] hors [qxxs]
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ufon on hrycge
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hæfde tu fiðru
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ond twelf eagan
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ond siex heafdu
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saga hwæt hio wære
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for flodwegas
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ne wæs ðæt na fugul ana
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ac ðær wæs æghwylces
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anra gelicnes
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Word Form of the Day: cicatricum
cicatrix
noun
fem
gen
pl
ix_iLcis
cicatrix
noun
fem
gen
pl
ix_iLcis
Number of occurrences in corpus: 2
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Peristeph10 796:
r acrius." / Illum recentes per cicatricum uias / Denuo exarabant, quaque
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Psychomachia 167:
subridens ulcera uultu / Perque cicatricum numerum sudata recensens / Mili
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Metre of the Day
Maxims I 1a
- Bliss
- Scansion: xxxSx|Sx
- Type: hyp.
- Sievers
- Scansion: xxx / x | / x
- Type: hA1
Syntax: AN
Heavy Verse: Hypermetric
Places with this scansion (bliss)
Other places with this scansion (sievers)
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