the singular is e; _n._ mone 76; _g._ houene 65; _d._ deme 96, wawe 151; _a._ grome 166, swore 144: _plural n._ are reuen 256, swicen 103, eȝen 75, ifere 102, iuere 229. The minor declensions are represented by mon _s. n._ 22 &c., monnes _s. g._ 30, monne _s. d._ 117, but mon 201, 259, men _pl. n._ 41, monne _pl. g._ 161, _pl. d._ 18, but men 18; boke _s. d._ 118, (a) boken _pl. d._ 224 (#on bōcum#); feder _s. n._ 148, fader _s. g._ 195, _s. a._ 186; broðer _s. n._ 148, _s. a._ 185; suster _s. n._ 148, 185; frond _s. n._ 30, freonde _pl. d._ 220, frond _pl. a._ 183, 219, 220, fond 219. With the exception of the weak forms laþe 268, betere 26, 142, hattre 247, loure 29, 263, mare 2, 18, wunderlukeste 68, the adjective in the _s. n._ is uninflected: alder 1 is #ieldra#. The _s. d._ regularly terminates in e, except uuel 24. The _s. a._ is mostly uninflected, as wurst 217, but endelese 141, herdne 169, lesse 60, muchele 191, 205. The participial #āgen# is unvaried, aȝen 30, 108, 113, 116, 261, once ahen 161. The _pl. n._ ends in e, arme 227, erȝe 17, herde 169, orðliche 153, but words in #-ig#, gredi 264, edi 227, weri 240 and idel 9, lut 104 (#lȳt# indeclinable), ofdred 94 are uninflected: _pl. d._ are fulle, gode 219, uuel 251; _pl. a._ with e, bare 137, ȝunge 10, sare 36, uuele 170, wreche 170, 250. OE. #āna# is ane 86, 110, 213: #ān# is an _s. n. f._ 26, are _d. f._ 205, 207, enne _a. m._ 137; #nān# is na _n._ 22, 80, 181, nan 59, nane _d. neut._ 236, nenne _a. m._ 119, nane _a. f._ 235; naþing _a. neut._ 98. Adjectives are used extensively as nouns, _s. n._ sullic 181, ufel 59, uersc 248; _s. a._ beste 51, litel 28, lutel 46, lesse 71, lest 112, mare 2, 54, mest 7 (4), muchel 28. In the _s. d._ and throughout the _pl._ the termination is regularly e, _s. d._ gode 21, 61, laðe 61, ufele 17; _pl. n._ eldre 192, fremede 34, laðe, loue 44, sibbe 34, unholde 36, _pl. a._ dede, quike 190, uuele 192.