2. Every accusative resembles either the nominative or the dative; if the latter, it ends in _-e_. Hence, there are ONLY THREE main types, which we may illustrate by the words _d[=o]m_, _ende_, and _l[=a]r_. The A.S. _d[=o]m_ became M.E. _doom_, whilst the form _ende_ persisted without any change of spelling. The A.S. _l[=a]r_ would, we should expect, become M.E. _loor_, which may here represent it, provisionally, for the present purpose (I substitute it for the type _[=a]r_ in Sievers, merely as being a commoner word). The resulting forms are, accordingly, these:-- A. B. C. nom. acc. _end-e_ (nom. _loor_) nom. acc. _doom_ dat. _end-e_. dat. acc. _lor-e_. dat. _dom-e_. A. As to this type, there could be no hesitation; all such words would naturally retain the final _-e_ for a considerable period. Examples appear in _ende_, end, and words declined like it, such as M.E. _herd-e_, herdsman, _l[=e]che_, physician, _wyte_, punishment; and numerous agential words in _-ere_, as _mill['e]re_, miller. Also in A.S. _giefu_, and words declined like it, such as M.E. _care_, care; _shame_, shame; _sake_, sake; _love_, love. Also in A.S. _wine_, _sife_, and words like them, such as M.E. _mete_, meat, _stede_, stead, _reye_, rye, _hate_, hate, _spere_, spear. Also in A.S. _sunu_, son, _wudu_, wood; M.E. _sone_, _wode_. Also in A.S. _duru_, door, _nosu_, nose; M.E. _dore_, _nose_. B. In type B, we have a majority for the form _lor-e_; the Early E. nom. _loor_ gave way, and is seldom found, so that _lore_ became the standard type, in Chaucer, for nom., dat., and acc. alike. Examples occur in A.S. _l[=a]r_, and words like it, as M.E. _fore_, journey, path, _halle_, hall, _sorwe_, sorrow, _stounde_, time, _wounde_, wound, _ore_, mercy. Also in A.S. _b[=e]n_, petition, and words like it, such as M.E. _quene_, queen; _hyde_, hide, skin; _tyde_, time; _dede_, deed.