The third type (three beats with masculine ending), which is of rarer occurrence, is represented by the following lines:

Þú art grèt and stróng, | fáir and èuene lóng. 93–4.

Þu schàlt be dúbbed kníght | are còme séue níȝt. 447–8.

Léue at hìre he nám | and into hálle cám. 585–6.

As corresponding lines of earlier poems may be quoted:

éarn ǣ́ses gèorn, | wæs on éorþan cýrm. Byrhtn. 107.

þat þe chírche hàbbe grýð | and þe chéorl bèo in frýð. Prov. 93–4.

lóuerd kìng wæs hæil! | for þine kíme ìch æm vǽin. Lay. 14309–10.

The fourth type (four beats with masculine ending), which occurs somewhat oftener, has the following form:

Ófte hàdde Hòrn beo wó, | ac nèure wúrs þan hìm was þó. 115–16.