A History of English Versification

by J. Schipper

[64] Sievers, Altgerm. Metrik, § 9, 3. 4.

[65] See, for example, Rieger, Alt- und Angelsächsische Verskunst, p. 62.

[66] Paul-Braune’s Beiträge, x, p. 209.

[67] [₆7] For the type –́× × | –́see below, § 29, and Sievers, Paul-Braune’s Beiträge, x, p. 262.

[68] Sievers, Paul-Braune’s Beiträge, x, p. 262.

[69] As Sievers calls them, Altgerm. Metrik, § 13. 2; they are marked A*, B*, &c.

[70] The notation of Sievers for hemistichs with anacrusis (auftaktige Verse) is aA, aD, aE, &c.

[71] Sievers, Altgermanische Metrik, pp. 33 ff.

[72] It must be remembered that ea, eo, &c., are diphthongs, and have not the value of two vowels.

[73] Sievers, Paul-Braune’s Beiträge, x, p. 233.