béaȝ

Part of speech: noun

Gender: masculine

Stem: -a-

1. bracelet; 2. (finger) ring; 3. torc (a neck ornament); necklace; 4. crown; 5. ring (also as an ornament worn around ankles) (also béah, béȝ, béh, bǽȝ, bǽh);
béaȝ ȝifa “ring-giver”, lord, king

Etymology

[← Prot-Germ *baugaz ← *beug-, *baug- (vid búȝan v); O Fris bāg; O Sax bōg; OHG boug; O Icel baugr (Mod Icel baugur)]

Paradigm

1.1.1. (a)

nouns, -a- stem, masculine gender dæȝ (day)
	singular	plural
nominative	dæȝ	daȝas
genitive	dæȝes	daȝa
dative (instrumental)	dæȝe	daȝum
accusative	dæȝ	daȝas

nouns, -a- stem, masculine gender fisc (fish)
	singular	plural
nominative	fisc	fiscas
genitive	fisces	fisca
dative (instrumental)	fisce	fiscum
accusative	fisc	fiscas

The disyllabic nouns ending in -el, -ol, -еn, -еr, -or, etc undergo contraction of unstressed vowels in the process of declension/suffixation; e.g. Nom fuȝol (bird) – Dat sing fuȝle, Gen fuȝles, etc.

The nouns ending in -h, lose -h in the process of declension/suffixation, while their stem vowel becomes lengthened; e.g. Nom seolh (seal (aquatic mammal)) – Dat sing séole, Gen séoles, etc

(a) short-stemmed version: scip-

nouns, -a- stem, neuter gender scip (ship. boat)
	singular	plural
nominative	scip	scipu, scipo
genitive	scipes	scipa
dative (instrumental)	scipe	scipum
accusative	scip	scipu, scipo

(b) long-stemmed version: scéap-

nouns, -a- stem, neuter gender scéap (sheep)
	singular	plural
nominative	scéap	scéap
genitive	scéapes	scéapa
dative (instrumental)	scéape	scéapum
accusative	scéap	scéap

The nouns structured like héafod (head) (long stressed syllable + short unstressed syllable) are declined the same way as the n scip is: Nom, Acc pl héafodu; while those structured like e.g. wæter (water) (short stressed + short unstressed syllable) have no endings in Nom and Acc pl: wæter (same as in case of the n scéap).

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