| Alliterative long line | A Germanic verse form with two verses to a line, linked by alliteration. Each verse has two lifts; at least one of the lifts in the a-verse should alliterate with the first lift of the b-verse. |
| Continuous gloss | A word-for-word translation of an entire text, produced by writing translations of individual words (typically) in between the lines |
| Drop | A rhythmically unstressed position |
| Futhorc | The Anglo-Frisian runic script |
| Gloss | A translation or explanation of a word, often written over the word in a manuscript |
| Hypermetric verse | A verse with more syllables than can be accounted for within the typical metrical system of the Germanic alliterative long line |
| Kenning | A circumlocution which, in its strictest definition, consists of a base-word that does not fit the context and a modifier that explains how the base word is to be understood; thus “bone house” is a kenning for body |
| Lift | A rhythmically stressed position |
| Stress words | Word classes that always receive rhythmic stress in Germanic alliterative verse: nouns, adjectives, nonfinite verbs, and some adverbs and pronouns |
| Zoomorphic initial | A large initial letter executed by means of animal shapes |