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11 verses 22 verses 9 verses a-verses with double a-verses with single æfter Æschere Alan Bliss anacrusis bær bæt bearn begna BEOWULF a-verses BEOWULF Type bið bone bonne disyllabic anacrusis ðone double alliteration dyde eall eorla eorlscipe fæder folc gefrægn gemet gesæt geseah gewat geweorc guðe hæfde half-lines beginning hine Hroðgar hyne Introduction to Old leod Light Verses Lucas mæg manna mapelode Metre of Beowulf metrical Næs Normal including Heavy number of syllables oð ðæt oððe ofer Old English Metre Old English Poetry pæm pære pæs pæt hie Pæt wæs pattern pone purh sæcce SCANSION OF BEOWULF sceal secg secgan selestan short syllable showing anacrusis sið single alliteration spræc stress Subsidia 20 swylce syððan Type 1A Type 1Ala(ii Type 3B unstressed syllables Verse Grammar wæron wæter wearð wið wolde wyrd x-xx xx a-verses xx-x a-verses xx-xx XXX XXX xxx-x