wíton hyra hýht mid drýhten. Gū. 61;
thesis of four to six syllables, (–́×.....||–́×|–́×),
ǣ́leð hȳ mid þȳ éaldan lī́ge. Crist 1547,
síððan hē hæfde his gā́st on sénded. Cross 49,
bétre him wǣre þæt hē brṓðor ā́hte. 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) saā́ þū Ábele wū̀rde. Gen. 1019;
with resolution of the first arsis,