On the whole type A seems to occur more frequently in the first than in the second hemistich; in Beowulf out of the 6366 hemistichs of which the poem consists, 2819 fall under this type, and of these 1701 are first and 1118 second hemistichs.[75] § =26. The chief type B=, × –́ | × –́, has apart from resolutions only one form. But as the second thesis may consist of either one or two syllables, we may distinguish between two sub-types, B1 (with monosyllabic second thesis) and B2 (with disyllabic second thesis). The commonest variation of the type occurs in the first thesis, which may be polysyllabic. (i) The simplest form, sub-type B1, × –́ | × –́, is not very common; according to Sievers there are only 59 instances in the whole of Beowulf, as _ond Hā́lga tíl_ Beow. 61, _þām hā́lig gód_ An. 14; with resolution of the first arsis _in séle þām hḗan_ Beow. 714, and of the second arsis, _þurh rū̀mne séfan_ Beow. 278, and of both, _ǣr súmeres cýme_ El. 1228. Hemistichs of this type, on the other hand, with a disyllabic first thesis are not uncommon, _syððan fúrðum wḗox_ Beow. 914, _him pā Scýld gewā́t_ Beow. 26; with resolution of the first arsis, _under Héorotes hrṓf_ Beow. 403; with resolution of the second, _þæt sēo céaster híder_ An. 207, and of both, _æfter hǽleða hrýre_ Beow. 2053; a trisyllabic first thesis is also common, _þēah þe hē ā́tres drýnc_ An. 53, _oð þæt him éft onwṓc_ Beow. 56, _sē þe on hánda bǽr_ Beow. 495; with resolution of the first arsis, _forðan hīe mǽgenes crǽft_ Beow. 418; of the second arsis, _ond hū þȳ þríddan dǽge_ El. 185; of both, _þæt hē þā géoguðe wíle_ Beow. 1182; with first thesis of four syllables, _ne hȳrde ic sī́ð ne ǣ́r_ El. 240, _swylce hīe æt Fínnes hā́m_ Beow. 1157; with first thesis of five syllables (rare) _siððan hē hire fólmum hrā́n_ Beow. 723, and with resolution of second arsis _þonne hȳ him þurh mī́nne nóman_ Cri. 1351. (ii) The sub-type B2, or B with disyllabic second thesis, is rarely found when the first thesis has only one syllable, _þe drýhtnes bibṓd_ Cri. 1159, _þū wā́st gif hit is_ Beow. 272, _þām wī́fe þā wórd_ Beow. 640; with resolution of the first arsis, _þurh dároða gedrép_ An. 1446, and of the second, _þurh níhta genípu_ Gū. 321; it is commoner with a disyllabic first thesis, _þā of wéalle geséah_ Beow. 229, _hē þæs frṓfre gebā́d_ Beow. 76; with resolution of the first arsis, _mid his hǽleða gedríht_ Beow. 663, _ofer wároða gewéorp_ An. 306; with trisyllabic first thesis, _þonne hē ǣ́r oððe sī́ð_ El. 74, _wes þū ūs lā́rena gṓd_ Beow. 269; with resolution of the first arsis, _þēah hē þǣr mónige geséah_ Beow. 1614, and of the second arsis, _þæt nǣfre Gréndel swā féla_ Beow. 592; with first thesis of four and five syllables, _hwæðre hē in brḗostum þā gít_ An. 51, _þæs be hire sē wílla gelámp_ Beow. 627.