Weak declension: _Sing. nom._ halege 126, mone 47, sonne 46, tyme 77, witiȝe 35: _d._ ære 166, heorte 72, heretoche 80, time 84, witie 57, uuantruce 122, _acc._ deme 148, lichame 41, 126: leoem 45 is probably for leome. _Plur. nom._ ȝeferen 15, sterren 47, 144; _dat._ swepen 13, swupen 132, witȝin 89, witien 140; _acc._ witiȝe 85, ȝefo 22. ærndraces 69, _pl. n._, 16, _pl. a._ have adopted a strong inflection: nixtan 73, _s. d._ is adj. used as noun. Minor declensions: burh 166, berie 7, _s. d._; fader 40, 44, feder 42, _s. n._, feder 48, _s. d._, hagefaderen 140, _pl. d._; fett 14, _pl. a._; frienden 21, 28, 157, _pl. d._; mannes 72, 118, _s. g._; man 76, _s. d._, 41, _s. a._; menn 31, hafedmen 108, man 23, 76, _pl. n._; mannen 153, _pl. d._, 159, _pl. g._; mæn 22, mænn 78, _pl. a._ Adjectives: Remnants of the strong decl. linger in ecer 128, _s. d. f._, soðe 65, grate 6, _s. a. f._; and perhaps hage(faderen) 140 (= #hēagum#); of the weak decl. in fulle 127, gode 121, _s. n. m._, lefe 96, _s. n. f._, mucele 137, _s. d. m._, 129, _s. d. f._, richtwise 148, soriȝe 104, _s. a. m._, unwreaste 104, _s. a. neut._ hahes 171 is a strong form for weak; haliȝe 102 a strong fem. qualifying lif, _neut._ The _pl._ inflection in all cases is -e, so ȝeredie 131, stanene 81. Longer words are often uninflected, as manifald 79, 90, dierewurd 20 (derewrþe 138), wrldlic 55; also ful 54, gelty 153, hali 122, 140. Adjectives used as nouns are senfulle 147, _s. n._; fa 25, fo 156, latst 8, 69, nixtan 73, _s. d._; innoh 152, _s. a._; richtwise 147, _pl. n._
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