The anacrusis before the type –́ × (×) | –́ × is also of rare occurrence: examples are _swā sǣ́ bebū́geð_ Beow. 1224, or, with resolution of the first arsis, _swā wǽter bebū́geð_ Beow. 93. Most of the instances occur in the first hemistich; in this position the anacrusis may be polysyllabic (extending sometimes to four syllables), sometimes with resolution of the arsis, or with polysyllabic thesis. Examples: _forcṓm æt cámpe_ An. 1327, _gewāt æt wī́ge_ Beow. 2630; with resolution, _ābóden in búrgum_ An. 78; _genéred wið nī́ðe_ Beow. 828; disyllabic anacrusis _ic wæs éndesǣ́ta_ Beow. 241; with resolution, _þǣr wæs hǽleða hléahtor_ Beow. 612; trisyllabic anacrusis, _oððe him Óngenþḗowes_ Beow. 2475; four-syllable anacrusis, _þæt we him þā gū́ðgeatwa_ Beow. 2637; monosyllabic anacrusis with disyllabic thesis, as _in mǣ́gðe gehwǣ́re_ Beow. 25, _āblénded in búrgum_ An. 78; disyllabic anacrusis with disyllabic thesis, _ge æt hā́m ge on hérge_ Beow. 1249; trisyllabic anacrusis with disyllabic thesis, _þū scealt þā fṓre gefḗran_ An. 216; monosyllabic anacrusis with trisyllabic thesis, _gemúnde þā sē gṓda_ Beow. 759; monosyllabic anacrusis with resolution of first arsis and trisyllabic thesis, _ne mágon hie ond ne mṓton_ An. 1217; with resolution of second arsis, _gewā́t him þā tō wároðe_ Beow. 234; disyllabic anacrusis, _ne geféah he þǣre fǣ́hðe_ Beow. 109; combined with thesis of four syllables, _ofslṓh þā æt þǣre sǽcce_ Beow. 1666. =The sub-type A2= is type A with strengthened thesis (i.e. a thesis with secondary accent) and with alliteration on the first arsis only. This sub-type has several varieties: (i) A2a, with the _first_ thesis strengthened (–́ ×̀ | –́ ×); frequent in the second hemistich. The second arsis may be either long or short (–́ ×̀ | –́ ×, or –́ ×̀ | ⏑́ ×). We denote –́ ×̀ | –́ × by A2_a l_ and –́ ×̀ | ⏑́ × by A2_a sh_, or, for brevity, A2 _l_, A2 _sh_. Examples of A2_l_ are, _gódspèl ǣ́rest_ An. 12, _wī́sfæ̀st wórdum_ Beow. 626, _hríngnèt bǣ́ron_ Beow. 1890; with resolution of the first arsis, _médusèld bū́an_ Beow. 3066; with resolution of the second arsis, _gā́rsècg hlýnede_ An. 238, _hórdbùrh hǽleða_ Beow. 467; with resolution of both, _fréoðobùrh fǽgere_ Beow. 522; with resolution of the strengthened thesis, _súndwùdu sṓhte_ Beow. 208; resolution of the first arsis and thesis, _mǽgenwùdu múndum_ Beow. 236; resolution of the first thesis and the second arsis, _gū́ðsèaro gúmena_ Beow. 328. Examples of A2 _sh_ are numerous, as _wǣ́rfæ̀st cýning_ An. 416, _gū́ðrìnc mónig_ Beow. 839, _þrḗanȳ̀d þólað_ Beow. 284; it is exceptional to find the second arsis short when the thesis which precedes has no secondary accent, as _Hrḗðel cýning_ Beow. 2436, _Hrúnting náma_ Beow. 1458, _ǽðeling bóren_ Beow. 2431; with resolution of the first arsis, _séaronèt séowað_ An. 64, _snótor cèorl mónig_ Beow. 909, _sígerṑf cyning_ Beow. 619, _mágodrìht micel_ Beow. 67, &c. Most of the hemistichs which fall under this head have double alliteration.