Megan E. Hartman is associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She has published articles on Germanic meter, hypermetrics, and poetic style.

• Introduction1. Conservative Old English Hypermetrics: A Basis for Analysis2. Old English Wisdom Poetry: The Influence of Formulaic Diction3. Old Norse Ljoðaháttr and Málaháttr: Dividing Hypermetrics4. The Old Saxon Heliand: Working through Ambiguity5. Late Old English Hypermetrics: Linguistic Change and Stylistic Adaptation in the Old English JudithConclusionWorks Cited

Megan E. Hartman is associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She has published articles on Germanic meter, hypermetrics, and poetic style.

• Introduction1. Conservative Old English Hypermetrics: A Basis for Analysis2. Old English Wisdom Poetry: The Influence of Formulaic Diction3. Old Norse Ljoðaháttr and Málaháttr: Dividing Hypermetrics4. The Old Saxon Heliand: Working through Ambiguity5. Late Old English Hypermetrics: Linguistic Change and Stylistic Adaptation in the Old English JudithConclusionWorks Cited

Megan E. Hartman is associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She has published articles on Germanic meter, hypermetrics, and poetic style.

• Introduction1. Conservative Old English Hypermetrics: A Basis for Analysis2. Old English Wisdom Poetry: The Influence of Formulaic Diction3. Old Norse Ljoðaháttr and Málaháttr: Dividing Hypermetrics4. The Old Saxon Heliand: Working through Ambiguity5. Late Old English Hypermetrics: Linguistic Change and Stylistic Adaptation in the Old English JudithConclusionWorks Cited