B + C: ne wurð þu néver so wód, | ne so wýn-drúnke. Prov. xi. 269–70.
A + C: mi gást hine iwdárðeð | and wírð stílle. Lay. 17136–7.
C + C: for þat wéorc stóndeð | inne Írlónde. ib. 17176–7.
A*+ D: kómen to þan kínge | wíl-tíþende. ib. 17089–90.
D + A*: vólc únimete | of móni ane lónde. ib. 16188–9.
E + E: fíf þusend mén | wúrcheð þer ón. ib. 15816–17.
B*+ E: þæt he héfde to iwíten | séouen hundred scíþen. ib. 15102–3.
D + *A: for nys no wrt uéxynde | a wúde ne a wélde. Prov. x. 168–9.
A*+ D: þat éuer mvwe þas féye | fúrþ ýp-holde. ib. 170–1.
It is easy to observe that it is only when two identical types, like A + A, C + C, E + E, are combined, that an even-beat rhythm (to some extent at least) can be recognized; in all the other combinations this character is entirely absent.