stefn²

Part of speech: noun
Gender: masculine
Stem: -i-
prow or stern (of a ship or boat) (also stemn)
Etymology
[Mod E STEMProt-Germ *stamniz, *stamnaz; O Fris stevene; O Sax stamn; Dt stam; OHG stam (Mod G Stamm); O Icel stafn, stamn (Mod Icel stafn)]
Paradigm

1.1.3. (a)

(a) short-stemmed version: win-

nouns, -i- stem, masculine gender
wine
(friend)
singular plural
nominative wine wine; winas
genitive wines winia, winiȝea; wina
dative (instrumental) wine winum
accusative wine wine; winas

The ending -as in Nom and Acc appears by analogy with -a- stemmed nouns.

(b) long-stemmed version: dǽl-

nouns, -i- stem, masculine gender
dǽl
(part)
singular plural
nominative dǽl dǽlas
genitive dǽles dǽla
dative (instrumental) dǽle dǽlum
accusative dǽl dǽl

The original endings of the -i- stemmed type were preserved in the long-stemmed version only by the above-mentioned names of tribes and nations.

(This type has no short-vowel version)
Long-stemmed version: dǽd-

nouns, -i- stem, feminine gender
dǽd
(deed; feet)
singular plural
nominative dǽd dǽde, dǽda
genitive dǽde dǽda
dative (instrumental) dǽde dǽdum
accusative dǽd, dǽde dǽde, dǽda

dǽda in Nom and Acc appears by analogy with -o- stemmed nouns.

Short-stemmed neuter nouns retain the ending -e (←-i) in Nom and Acc sing and are declined the same way as the neuter -ja- stemmed nouns of the originally long-stemmed version.

(a) short-stemmed version sper-

nouns, -i- stem, neuter gender
spere
(spear, lance)
singular plural
nominative spere speru
genitive speres spera
dative (instrumental) spere sperum
accusative spere speru

The -i- stemmed neut nouns with long stem vowels are declined the same way as the short-stemmed nouns of the same type. The only difference is the fact that long-stemmed nouns do not have the ending -e in Nom and Acc sing.

(b) long-stemmed version: flǽsc-

nouns, -i- stem, neuter gender
flǽsc
(meat; flesh, body)
singular plural
nominative flǽsc flǽscu
genitive flǽsces flǽsca
dative (instrumental) flǽsce flǽscum
accusative flǽsc flǽscu