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Poem of the Day: Alms-Giving

  1. wel bið ðam eorle || ðe him on innan hafað
  2. reðehygdig wer || rume heortan
  3. ðæt him bið for worulde || weorðmynda mæst
  4. ond for ussum dryhtne || doma selast
  5. efne swa he mid wætre || ðone weallendan
  6. leg adwæsce || ðæt he leng ne mæg
  7. blac byrnende || burgum sceððan
  8. swa he mid ælmessan || ealle toscufeð
  9. synna wunde || sawla lacnað

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Word Form of the Day: martiane

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 72 1a

Syntax: ivA

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