wǣ́ron hyra rǣ́das rī́ce.Dan. 497;
sometimes on the first and third beats, as
lī́f hēr mén forlḗosað.Rhyming Poem 56.
Now and then we find hemistichs with three alliterations:
dól bið sē þe him dríhten ne ondrǣ́deð.Seafarer 106,
þȳ́ sceal on þḗode geþḗon.Gnom. Ex. 50;
and others with one alliteration only, in which case the alliteration falls more rarely on the first beat, as
cýning sceal rī́ce héaldan céastra bēoð féorran gesȳ́ne. Gnom. Ex. 1,
than on the second, as
þæt sē wǣ́re míhta wáldend sē þe hī́e of þām mírce genérede. Dan. 448.