1.1.1. (a)
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nouns, -a- stem, masculine gender
dæȝ
(day) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | dæȝ | daȝas |
| genitive | dæȝes | daȝa |
| dative (instrumental) | dæȝe | daȝum |
| accusative | dæȝ | daȝas |
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nouns, -a- stem, masculine gender
fisc
(fish) |
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| 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-
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nouns, -a- stem, neuter gender
scip
(ship. boat) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | scip | scipu, scipo |
| genitive | scipes | scipa |
| dative (instrumental) | scipe | scipum |
| accusative | scip | scipu, scipo |
(b) long-stemmed version: scéap-
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nouns, -a- stem, neuter gender
scéap
(sheep) |
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| 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).
