Editing Alliterative verse (section)

====Rules for alliteration====
Old English follows the general rules for Germanic alliteration. The first stressed syllable of the off-verse, or second half-line, usually alliterates with one or both of the stressed syllables of the on-verse, or first half-line. The second stressed syllable of the off-verse does not usually alliterate with the others. Note that Old English only requires one alliteration in each half-line, unlike Middle English, which normally requires both lifts in the on-verse to be alliterated.{{sfn|Terasawa|2011|p=60}}<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1515/9783110198515.1.63 |chapter=Evolution of the a-verse in English alliterative meter |title=Studies in the History of the English Language III |date=2007 |last1=Russom |first1=Geoffrey |pages=63–88 |isbn=978-3-11-019089-2 }}</ref>