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 a. Thus, butter-backed,  honey-tongued,  and  necklace-necked,  vessel-handed,  lightning-armed,  blood-faced,  mead-uddered,  sacrifice-bellied,  with tears in the  throat,  with faith in the heart; with irregular accent,  f. smoke-eyed,  f. tear-faced; and  ring-handed. In the later language, such compounds are not infrequent with words meaning hand: thus, having a sword in the hand,  carrying a staff.

1304. Of possessive compounds having an adverbial element as prior member, the most numerous by far are those made with the inseparable prefixes. Their accent is various. Thus:

a. In compounds with the negative prefix or  (in which the latter logically negatives the imported idea of possession), the accent is prevailingly on the final syllable, without regard to the original accent of the final member. For example: having no end,  not possessing strength,  without chariot,  faithless,  without ornament,  without a foe,  not cuirassed,  toothless,  footless,  without brightness,  not to be gotten hold of,  incomparable,  bringing no harm,  without sides or tail.

b. But a number of examples (few in proportion to those already instanced) have the prefix accented (like the simple descriptives: 1288 a): thus, indestructible,  kineless,  without shepherd,  lifeless,  without friends,  f. without young,  deathless,  without priest,  without extension,  without oblation, and a few others; AV. has, but ÇB. . A very few have the accent on the penult: namely,, and (with retraction, from ),  (do., from ); and AV. has, but RV. .

c. In compounds with the prefixes of praise and dispraise, and, the accent is in the great majority of cases that of the final member: thus,  of easy make,  well portioned,  of propitious star,  having excellent sons,  well-shepherded,  of good fame,  fragrant,  well-armed,  of easy control,  of good capacity,  good-hearted,  well-garlanded,  well-cuirassed,  well-clad,  well guiding;  ill-portioned,  of evil aspect,  hard to restrain,  ill-savored,  of evil designs,  hard to restrain,  hard to excel,  hard to cross,  ill-yoked,  ill-named,  ill-clad.

d. There are, however, a not inconsiderable number of instances in which the accent of these compounds is upon the final syllable: thus, well-lipped,  of good progeny,  of good aspect,  well-fingered,  having good arrows,  well fatted;