3. _Number._--The plural form in -en (as in _oxen_), rare in English, was common in Anglo-Saxon. It was the regular termination of a whole declension; e.g., _eágan_, eyes; _steorran_, stars; _tungan_, tongues. Besides this, the Anglo-Saxons had forms in -u and -a as _ricu_, kingdoms; _gifa_, gifts. The termination -s, current in the present English, was confined to a single gender and to a single declension, as _endas_, ends; _dagas_, days; _smiðas_, smiths. 4. _Case._--Of these the Saxons had, for their substantives, at least three; viz., the nominative, dative, genitive. With the pronouns and adjectives there was a true accusative form; and with a few especial words an ablative or instrumental one. _Smið_, a smith; _smiðe_, to a smith; _smiðes_, of a smith. Plural, _smiðas_, smiths; _smiðum_, to smiths; _smiða_, of smiths: _he_, he; _hine_, him; _him_, to him; _his_, his; _se_, the; _þa_, the; _þy_, with the; _þam_, to the; _þæs_, of the. 5. _Declension._--In _Anglo-Saxon_ it was necessary to determine the declension of a substantive. There was the weak, or simple declension for words ending in a vowel (as, _eage_, _steorra_, _tunga_), and the strong declension for words ending in a consonant (_smið_, _spræc_, _leáf_). The letters i and u were dealt with as semivowels, semi-vowels being dealt with as consonants; so that words like _sunu_ and _gifu_ belonged to the same declension as _smið_ and _sprǽc_. 6. _Definite and indefinite form of adjectives._--In Anglo-Saxon each adjective had two forms, one _definite_ and one _indefinite_. There is nothing of this kind in English. We say _a good sword_, and _the good sword_ equally. In Anglo-Saxon, however, the first combination would be _se gode sweord_, the second _án god sweord_, the definite form being distinguished from the indefinite by the addition of a vowel. 7. _Pronouns personal._--The Anglo-Saxon language had for the first two persons a _dual_ number; inflected as follows: _1st Person._ _2nd Person._ _Nom._ Wit _We two_ _Nom._ Git _Ye two_ _Acc._ Unc _Us two_ _Acc._ Ince _You two_ _Gen._ Uncer _Of us two_ _Gen._ Incer _Of you two._ Besides this, the demonstrative, possessive, and relative pronouns, as well as the numerals _twa_ and _þreo_, had a fuller declension than they have at present. VERBS. 8. _Mood._--The subjunctive mood that in the present English (with one exception[41]) differs from the indicative only in the third person singular, was in Anglo-Saxon considerably different from the indicative. _Indicative Mood._ _Pres. Sing._ 1. Lufige. _Plur._ 1. } 2. Lufast. 2. } Lufiað. 3. Lufað. 3. } _Subjunctive Mood._ _Pres. Sing._ 1. } _Plur._ 1. } 2. } Lufige 2. } Lufion. 3. } 3. }