- sp-, st-, and sk- do not
alliterate with one
another or with s-. For example, some have
claimed that,
while spill alliterates with spit,
sting with stick...
-
stressed syllables, the
first three of
which alliterate on ⟨h⟩ /x/ and the last of
which does not
alliterate,
essentially the same
pattern found in much...
- half-line—normally
alliterate together,
while the
fourth beat
normally does not
alliterate with the others.
Sometimes the
fourth beat may
alliterate with the first...
-
consonant in a word
alliterates with the same
consonant at the
beginning of
another word, as with Gār-Dena and ġeār-dagum.
Vowels alliterate with any other...
- or
stressed syllables alliterate. In the
second line of any
given couplet, only one of the two
stressed syllables is
alliterated,
usually the first—this...
-
features a Proto-Norse
Elder ****hark
inscription describing three generations of men.
Their names share the
common element of 'wolf' (wulfaz) and
alliterate....
-
Malone (1929)
proposed the name Yrse for the
unnamed queen, as that
would alliterate with Onela. This, however, is
still hotly debated amongst editors. The...
-
these the
writing is prose, in the
other a
combination of
prose and
alliterating verse. The
latter m****cript was
severely damaged in the 18th and 19th...
-
standing frozen on that
dreadful death his deed
knowing "Nearly all the
alliterating words,
together with the
alliteration pattern itself,
doubtless derive...
- but in some
Eddic poems the word vreiðr,
younger form reiðr, is seen to
alliterate with
words beginning in an
original v-. This was
observed already by Olaf...
