(2.) _Nom._ fot (_a foot_). _Nom._ fet. _Gen._ fotes. _Gen._ fota. _Dat._ fet. _Dat._ fotum. _Acc._ fot. _Acc._ fet. Hence our modified plurals, such as _feet_, _teeth_, and _men_. SING. PLUR. (3.) _Nom._ wudu (_a wood_). _Nom._ wuda. _Gen._ wuda. _Gen._ wuda. _Dat._ wuda. _Dat._ wudum. _Acc._ wudu. _Acc._ wuda. All these are for masculine nouns. The commonest feminine declension is as follows:– SING. PLUR. (4.) _Nom._ gifu (_a gift_). _Nom._ gifa. _Gen._ gife. _Gen._ gifena. _Dat._ gife. _Dat._ gifum. _Acc._ gife. _Acc._ gifa. Less frequent is the modified form: SING. PLUR. (5.) _Nom._ boc (_a book_). _Nom._ bec. _Gen._ bec. _Gen._ boca. _Dat._ bec. _Dat._ bocum. _Acc._ boc. _Acc._ bec. Of neuters there are two principal declensions. The first has the plural in _u_; the second leaves it unchanged. SING. PLUR. (6.) _Nom._ scip (_a ship_). _Nom._ scipu. _Gen._ scipes. _Gen._ scipa. _Dat._ scipe. _Dat._ scipum. _Acc._ scip. _Acc._ scipu. SING. PLUR. (7.) _Nom._ hus (_a house_). _Nom._ hus. _Gen._ huses. _Gen._ husa. _Dat._ huse. _Dat._ husum. _Acc._ hus. _Acc._ hus. Hence our "collective" plurals, such as _fish_, _deer_, _sheep_, and _trout_. There is also a weak declension, much the same for all three genders, of which the masculine form runs as follows:– SING. PLUR. _Nom._ guma (_a man_). _Nom._ guman. _Gen._ guman. _Gen._ gumena. _Dat._ guman. _Dat._ guman. _Acc._ guman. _Acc._ guman. Adjectives are declined throughout, as in Latin, through all the cases (including an instrumental), numbers, and genders. The demonstrative pronoun or definite article _se_ (the) may stand as an example. SING. Masc. Fem. Neut. _Nom._ se, seo, thæt. _Gen._ thæs, thære, thæs. _Dat._ tham, thære, tham. _Acc._ thone, tha, thæt. _Inst._ thy, thære, thy. PLUR. Masc. Fem. Neut. _Nom._ tha. _Gen._ thara. _Dat._ tham. _Acc._ tha. _Inst._ --