| (1) | cwēn Hrōðgāres, B. 614, | –́ | | –́ –̀ × |
| (2) | dǣl ǣghwylcne, B. 622, | –́ | | –́ –̀ × |
| (1) | Bēowulf maðelode, B. 632, | –́ × | | ˘́͜× ˘̀ × |
| (2) | slāt unwearnum, B. 742, | –́ | | –́ –̀ × |
| (1) | wrāþra wælsleahta, W. 7, | –́ × | | –́ –̀ × |
| (1) | wōd wintercearig [= wint’rcearig], W. 24, | –́ | | –́ ˘̀ × |
| (1) | sōhte sęle drēorig, W. 25, | –́ × | | ˘́͜× –̀ × |
| (1) | ne sōhte searo-nīðas, B. 2739, | × | –́ × | | ˘́͜× –̀ × |
Note.—There is one instance in the texts (B. 613, (1)) of apparent –́ × × | –́ ˘̀ ×: word wǣron wynsume. (The triple alliteration has no significance. The sense, besides, precludes our stressing wǣron.) The difficulty is avoided by bringing the line under the A type: –́ × × | –́ ˘́͜×.
(b) D2 –́ | –́ × –̀
| (2) | Forð nēar ætstōp, B. 746, | –́ | | –́ × –̀ |
| (2) | eorl furður stōp, B. 762, | –́ | | –́ × –̀ |
| (2) | Dęnum eallum wearð, B. 768, | ˘́͜× | | –́ × –̀ |
| (1) | grētte Gēata lēod, B. 626, | –́ × | | –́ × –̀ |
| (1) | ǣnig yrfe-weard, B. 2732, | –́ × | | –́ × –̀ |
| (1) | hrēosan hrīm and snāw, W. 48, | –́ × | | –́ × –̀ |
| (2) | swimmað eft on weg, W. 53, | –́ × | | –́ × –̀ |
Very rarely is the thesis in the second foot expanded.
| (2) | þegn ungemete till, B. 2722, | –́ | | –́ × × × –̀ |
| (1) | hrūsan heolster biwrāh, W. 23, | –́ × | | –́ × × –̀ |
| 5. Type E, |  | E1 –́ –̀ × | –́ |
| E2 –́ × –̀ | –́ |
The secondary stress in E1 falls frequently on a short syllable, as in D1.
(a) E1 –́ –̀ × | –́
| (1) | wyrmlīcum fāh, W. 98, | –́ –̀ × | | –́ |
| (2) | medo-ful ætbær, B. 625, | ˘́͜× ˘̀ × | | –́ |
| (1) | sǣ-bāt gesæt, B. 634, | –́ –̀ × | | –́ |
| (1) | sige-folca swēg, B. 645, | ˘́͜× –̀ × | | –́ |
| (2) | Norð-Dęnum stōd, B. 784, | –́ ˘̀ × | | –́ |
| (1) | fēond-grāpum fæst, B. 637, | –́ –̀ × | | –́ |
| (2) | wyn eal gedrēas, W. 36, | –́ –̀ × | | –́ |
| (2) | feor oft gemǫn, W. 90, | –́ –̀ × | | –́ |