=4. Inflexional endings of Germanic substantives=, (a) _His nékke whít_ Chauc. Prol. 238; _Of wóodecráft_ ib. 210; _whán the sónne wás to réste_ ib. 30; _a spánne bróod_ ib. 155; _At méte wél itáught_ ib. 127; _Ne óf his spéche dáungeróus_ ib. 517; _As wéll in spéche ás in cóntenánce_ id. Sq. T. 93; _of sínne léche_ Alexius i. 59; _He ȝéde tó a chírche-héi_ ib. 97; _ál for lóve míne_ Alexius ii. 87; _of héwe bríght_ ib. 100; _while gód in érþe máde mán_ Cant. Creat. E. 26. (b) _Tróuthe and honóur_ Chauc. Prol. 46; _Thát no drópe ne fílle_ ib. 131; _In hópe to stónden_ ib. 88; _And bý his sýde a swérd_ ib. 112; _tó the pýne of hélle_ Cant. Creat. O. 240; _þurch príde þat ín his wórd was líȝt_ ib. E. 14. =5. Romanic substantives=, (a) _átte síege hádde he bé_ Chauc. Prol. 56; _ín hire sáuce dépe_ ib. 129; _Is sígne thát a mán_ ib. 226. (b) _And báthed éuery véyne in swích licóur_ ib. 3; _of áge he wás_ ib. 81; _his bénefíce to hýre_ ib. 507. =6. Adjectives.= (a) Chiefly after the definite article, pronouns, and in plural forms: _and ín the Gréte Sée_ Chauc. Prol. 59; _The téndre cróppes ánd the yónge sónne_ ib. 7; _his hálfe cóurs irónne_ ib. 8; _wíth his swéete bréethe_ ib. 5; _to séken stráunge strondes_ ib. 13; _the férste niȝt_ Alexius i. 55; _þat ílke dáy_ ib. 159; _þe déde córs_ ib. 420; _Póuere mén to clóþe and féde_ ib. 10, 13, 93, &c.; _cómen of hýe kínne_ Alex. ii. 99; _with mílde stévene_ ib. 72; _annd álle fúle lússtess_ Orm. 11656. (b) Chiefly after the indefinite article, but in other cases as well: _Annd álle þe flǽshess kággerléȝȝc_ Orm. 11655; _a fáyr forhéed_ Chauc. Prol. 254; _as ís a póure scolér_ ib. 260; _as méke as ís a máyde_ ib. 69; _a shéef of pécock árwes bríght and kéne_ ib. 104. =7. Adverbs and prepositions.= (a) _Míldelíche hé him grétte_ Alexius ii. 296; _Ríght abóute nóne_ ib. 387; _And sófte bróuȝte hém obédde_ ib. 23; _Ful ófte time_ ib. 52; _Ful lúde sóngen_ Chauc. Sq. T. 55; _Abóute príme_ id. Kn. T. 1331; _abóue érpe_ Cant. Creat. E. 573. (b) _Fáste þei wére ysóught þorúgh_ Alexius ii. 14; _And éek as lóude as dóth_ Chauc. Prol. 171; _Ther ís namóre to séyne_ ib. 314; _stílle as ány stóon_ id. Sq. T. 171; _Abóute this kýng_ id. Kn. T. 1321; _Chíldren betwéne hem hédde þei nóne_ Alexius i. 31; _wiþýnne a whýle_ Cant. Creat. O. 29; _ȝif ȝít oure lórd abóue þe ský_ ib. O. 186. =8. Numerals.= (a) _she hádde fýve_ Chauc. Prol. 460; _Fúlle séventéne ȝére_ Alexius i. 179, 187, 321; _of fíue þóusende wínter and ón_ Cant. Creat. E. 462; _nóþer férste tíme ne lást_ ib. O. 356. (b) _and fíue and twénti wínter and mó_ ib. E. 463; _táken þe ténde part óf þy gúod_ ib. O. 332; _álle þe béstis_ ib. 173; _For séventene ȝér hít is gán_ Alexius i. 194.