§ =39.= By far the most common type is =A A= (some 525 examples),
_=w=éaxan =w=[=í]tebr[=ó]gan._ (_H[æ´]fden h[=i]e =w=r[=ó]htget[=é]me_). Gen. 45;
or with resolution of the first accented syllable in the first hemistich,
_=f=éla bið =f=ýrwet-géornra._ Gnom. Ex. 102;
with resolution of the second accented syllable in the second hemistich,
_þ[=æ´]r þ[=u] þólades =s=íððan._ Crist 1410;
or of each of the three accented syllables in the second hemistich,
_hýre þæs =f=[=æ´]der on róderum._ Jud. 5.
The chief variation of this type arises from the prolongation of the first thesis, which may run from one to six syllables. At the same time the usual resolutions may be introduced, as in the following examples: Ordinary type, -´ × × || -´ × | -´ ×, very common,
with resolution of the first accented syllable,
_=r=éced ofer =r=[=é]adum gólde._ Gen. 2404;
with resolution of the last two accented syllables,
_=sn=[=ù]de þ[=a] =sn=óteran ídese._ Jud. 55;
type with trisyllabic thesis, -´ × × × || -´ × |-´ ×,
_=m=[=é]da syndon =m=ícla þ[=í]na._ Gen. 2167;
with resolution of the first accented syllable,
_wíton hyra =h=ýht mid drýhten._ G[=u]. 61;
thesis of four to six syllables, (-´ × . . . . . || -´ × | -´ ×),
_=[=æ´]=leð h[=y] mid þ[=y] =éa=ldan l[=í]ge._ Crist 1547,
_=s=íððan h[=e] hæfde his g[=á]st on=s=énded._ Cross 49,
_=b=étre him w[=æ]re þæt h[=e] =b=r[=ó]ðor [=á]hte_. Gnom. Ex. 175.
Less frequently the second foot has two unaccented syllables, and in that case the first foot has either one or sometimes two unaccented syllables, thus
(i) -´ × || -´ × × | -´ ×, or (ii) -´ × × || -´ × × | -´ ×,
as (i) _sa[=á] þ[=u] =Á=bele w[=ù]rde._ Gen. 1019;
_=s=ígor and =s=[=ó]ðne gel[=é]afan._ Jud. 89.
(ii) _=r=ínca t[=o] =r=[=ù]ne gegángan._ Jud. 54.
=Type A2A=, -´ `× -´ × -´ ×, which is type AA with secondary accent on the first thesis, occurs, according to Sievers, some twenty times, and always in the first hemistich. Examples are,
_=w=[=æ´]rf[`æ]st =w=íllan m[=í]nes._ Gen. 2168;
_=þ=éarlm[=ò]d =þ=[=é]oden gúmena._ Jud. 66;
_=f=r[=é]obèarn =f=[æ´]ðmum beþéahte._ Gen. 2867.
=Type A*A=, -´ . `× × | -´ × . | -´ ×, which is AA strengthened and with disyllabic first thesis, is nearly as common as A2A, and is always in the first hemistich, as for example,