Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Preliminaries -- 1.2. Phonological and metrical structures -- 1.3. Sieversian approaches to Old English alliterative metre -- 1.4. The case for finite verb stress -- 1.5. Materials and methods -- Chapter 2. The stress phonology of Old English -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Previous approaches -- 2.3. A new model of word-level stress in Old English -- 2.4. Phrasal-level stress in Old English -- 2.5. Summary and departure -- Chapter -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Arguments for the proposed metrical associations -- 3.3. Summary -- Chapter 4. Metrical structure at the foot level: Part II -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Further foot-level metrical constraints -- 4.3. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Metrical structure at the level of the half-line and long-line -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Alliteration -- 5.3. Frequencies of metrical patterns: binary-branching half-lines -- 5.4. Frequencies of metrical patterns: ternary-branching half-lines -- 5.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Summary of Chapters 1 through 5 -- 6.3. The realization of verb-second syntax -- 6.4. Stochastic Optimality Theory -- Notes -- References -- Index of subjects -- Index of authors -- Index of verses discussed.