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consonant clusters sp-, st-, and sk- do not
alliterate with one
another or with s-. For example,
spill alliterates with spit,
sting with stick, skin with scandal...
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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...
-
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...
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features a Proto-Norse
Elder ****hark
inscription describing three generations of men.
Their names share the
common element of 'wolf' (wulfaz) and
alliterate....
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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...
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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...
- 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...
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second half-line,
which will
alliterate with one or more
important words or
syllables in the
first half-line.
These alliterated words or
syllables will have...
- 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...
- 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...
