_n[=é] in þ[=a] =c=éastre be=c=úman méahte._ An. 931.
_híre þ[=a] =Á=dam =a=ndswárode._ Gen. 827.
If two nouns occur in the same hemistich it is always the first which alliterates,
_=h=[=ù]sa s[=é]lest. Wæs s[=e]o =h=w[=í]l micel._ Beow. 146.
_=l=ánge hw[=í]le. Him wæs =l=[=í]ffr[=é]a._ Beow. 16.
_=g=éongum ond éaldum, swylc him =g=ód séalde._ Beow. 72.
The only exceptions are when a special rhetorical emphasis is given to the second word.
When a noun and two adjectives or two nouns and an adjective occur in the same hemistich, one of these is always subordinated to the other, and the two together are treated as a combination. In such cases, where there is double alliteration in the hemistich, the position of the alliterating words may be either _a a x_, or _a x a_, the subordinate element (_x_) standing either in the last or the second place in the hemistich,
_=b=éorht =b=[=é]acen Gódes =b=rímu swáðredon._ Beow. 570.
_=t=wélf wintra t[=í]d =t=órn geþólode._ Beow. 147.
In the case of single alliteration, it is always the first of the nouns or adjectives which alliterates.
=The verb= (excluding the infinitive and participles) is usually less strongly accented than the noun. It may therefore precede or follow the noun or adjective without alliteration, either in the arsis or thesis, as
_l[=é]t se =h=éarda =H=ígel[=a]ces þégn._ Beow. 2977.
_him þ[=a] =Sc=ýld gew[=á]t t[=o] ge=sc=[æ´]p-hw[=í]le._ Beow. 26.
_gew[=a]t þ[=a] =t=wélfa súm =t=órne gebólhen._ Beow. 2401.
On the other hand, when a hemistich consists only of one noun and one verb, the verb may alliterate, as
_=g=[=ó]dne ge=g=ýrwan cwæð h[=e] =g=[=ù]ð-cýning._ Beow. 199. _=h=w[=é]tton =h=íger[=o]fne =h=[=æ´]l sc[=é]awedon._ Beow. 204.
When a substantive and an adjective are closely combined, a verb in the same hemistich may alliterate, as
_=b=ýreð =b=l[=ó]dig wæl, =b=ýrgean þénceð._ Beow. 448.
_=s=éofon niht =s=wúncon; h[=e] þ[=e] æt =s=únde oferfl[=á]t._ Beow. 517.
In formulas consisting of noun+verb the noun predominates over the verb and takes the alliteration, as
_=w=érodes =w=[=í]sa =w=órdhord onl[=é]ac._ Beow. 259.
But if the verb is emphatic it may alliterate though there is a noun in the same hemistich; this occurs chiefly in the second hemistich, as