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(1.) _Nom._ stan (_a stone_). _Nom._ stanas.
_Gen._ stanes. _Gen._ stana.
_Dat._ stane. _Dat._ stanum.
_Acc._ stan. _Acc._ stanas.
This is the commonest declension for masculine nouns, and it has fixed the normal plural for the modern English.
SING. PLUR.
(2.) _Nom._ fot (_a foot_). _Nom._ fet.
_Gen._ fotes. _Gen._ fota.
_Dat._ fet. _Dat._ fotum.
_Acc._ fot. _Acc._ fet.
Hence our modified plurals, such as _feet_, _teeth_, and _men_.
SING. PLUR.
(3.) _Nom._ wudu (_a wood_). _Nom._ wuda.
_Gen._ wuda. _Gen._ wuda.
_Dat._ wuda. _Dat._ wudum.
_Acc._ wudu. _Acc._ wuda.
All these are for masculine nouns.
The commonest feminine declension is as follows:
SING. PLUR.
(4.) _Nom._ gifu (_a gift_). _Nom._ gifa.
_Gen._ gife. _Gen._ gifena.
_Dat._ gife. _Dat._ gifum.
_Acc._ gife. _Acc._ gifa.
Less frequent is the modified form:
SING. PLUR.
(5.) _Nom._ boc (_a book_). _Nom._ bec.
_Gen._ bec. _Gen._ boca.
_Dat._ bec. _Dat._ boc.u.m.
_Acc._ boc. _Acc._ bec.
Of neuters there are two princ.i.p.al declensions. The first has the plural in _u_; the second leaves it unchanged.
SING. PLUR.
(6.) _Nom._ scip (_a s.h.i.+p_). _Nom._ scipu.
_Gen._ scipes. _Gen._ sc.i.p.a.
_Dat._ scipe. _Dat._ scipum.
_Acc._ scip. _Acc._ scipu.
SING. PLUR.
(7.) _Nom._ hus (_a house_). _Nom._ hus.
_Gen._ huses. _Gen._ husa.
_Dat._ huse. _Dat._ husum.
_Acc._ hus. _Acc._ hus.
Hence our "collective" plurals, such as _fish_, _deer_, _sheep_, and _trout_.
There is also a weak declension, much the same for all three genders, of which the masculine form runs as follows:
SING. PLUR.
_Nom._ guma (_a man_). _Nom._ guman.
_Gen._ guman. _Gen._ gumena.
_Dat._ guman. _Dat._ guman.
_Acc._ guman. _Acc._ guman.
Adjectives are declined throughout, as in Latin, through all the cases (including an instrumental), numbers, and genders. The demonstrative p.r.o.noun or definite article _se_ (the) may stand as an example.
SING.
Masc. Fem. Neut.
_Nom._ se, seo, thaet.
_Gen._ thaes, thaere, thaes.
_Dat._ tham, thaere, tham.
_Acc._ thone, tha, thaet.
_Inst._ thy, thaere, thy.
PLUR.
Masc. Fem. Neut.
_Nom._ tha.
_Gen._ thara.
_Dat._ tham.
_Acc._ tha.
_Inst._ --
