A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.33.2
Title
Bede's Death Song, The Hague Version
Language
Old English
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Repeated scansions (sievers)

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Bede's Death Song, The Hague Version

BDSH 1. fore ðaem nedfere || nenig wiorðeð Fore thaem nedfere || nǣniġ weorðeþ
Bliss Scansion: d3c xxxS~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: C3 xxx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: NC || AV
hs: n, law: w, aa: 1
BDSH 2. ðonosnottorra # ðon him ðearf riae ðonosnottorra || þon him ðearf riae
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 ~+|Sxx || 1D1 ~+|Sxx
Sievers Scansion: D1 ~+ | / \ x || D1 ~+ | / \ x
hs: þ, acp: 1D1
BDSH 3. to ymbhycgenne || aer his hinionge tō ymbhyċġgannae% || āer his hiniongae
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || d2b xxSsx
Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || 0 xx / | / x
Syntax: IU || NC
hs: h, las: g, aa: 1
BDSH 4. hwet his gastæ || godes oððe yfles hwet his gāste || godes oþþe yfles
Bliss Scansion: a1b xxSx || 1A*1b Sx|xxSx
Sievers Scansion: A3 xx / x || N/A / xxx | / x
Syntax: NN || NcN
hs: g, las: g, aa: 2
BDSH 5. ester deaðdege || doemed wiorðe ester dēaþ-deġe || dēmed wiorðe.
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: || sV
hs: d, law: w, aa: X