Part of speech: noun
Gender: feminine
Stem: -ō-
1. secret, mystery; 2. rune, runic letter
Etymology
[Mod E ROUN obs, RUNE ← Prot-Germ *rūnō; Goth rūna “secret, mystery”; O Sax rūna; OHG rūna (Mod G Raun); ON, Icel rún; Sw runa]
Paradigm
1.1.2. (a)
(a) short-stemmed version: car-
nouns, -ō- stem, feminine gender
caru
(care) |
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singular | plural | |
nominative | caru | cara, care |
genitive | care | cara, carena |
dative (instrumental) | care | carum |
accusative | care | cara, care |
The ending -ena in Gen pl is determined by the analogy with the weak declension
(b) long-stemmed version: heord-
nouns, -ō- stem, feminine gender
heord
(ჯოგი; ფარა) |
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singular | plural | |
nominative | heord | heorda, heorde |
genitive | heorde | heorda, heordena |
dative (instrumental) | heorde | heordum |
accusative | heorde | heorda, heorde |
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