Excerpt from De Anglosaxonum Arte Metrica: Dissertatio InauguralisAc primum quidem in meridionalium Germanorum versibus syllaba, quae minorem accentum habet atque in brevem vocalem desinit, nisi ei altera gravis succedit, aut, sicut in clausula ac caesura fit, intervallum moram addit, ictui non sufficit. Quod non ad Anglosaxonicos versus pertinere facillime nobis persuademus, quum plu rimis locis illins generis Syllabae reperiantur ictu in structae.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.