_Sing. Nom._ Hitt Hinn Hin. _Acc._ Hitt Hinn Hina. _Dat._ Hinu Hinum Hinni. _Gen._ Hins Hins Hinnar. _Plur. Nom._ Hin Hinir Hinar. _Acc._ Hin Hina Hinar. _Dat._ Hinum Hinum Hinum. _Gen._ Hinna Hinna Hinna. _b._ _Sing. Nom._ --it --inn --in. _Acc._ --it --inn --ina (-na). {41} _Dat._ --nu --num --inni (-nni). _Gen._ --ins --ins --innar (-nnar). _Plur. Nom._ --in --nir --nar. _Acc._ --in --na --nar. _Dat._ --num --num --num. _Gen._ --nna --nna --nna. whence, as an affix, in composition, _Neut._ _Masc._ _Fem._ _Sing. Nom._ Augat Boginn T['u]ngan. _Acc._ Augat Boginn T['u]nguna. _Dat._ Auganu Boganum T['u]ngunni. _Gen._ Augans Bogans T['u]ngunnar. _Plur. Nom._ Augun Bogarnir T['u]ngurnar. _Acc._ Augun Bogana T['u]ngurnar. _Dat._ Augunum Bogunum T['u]ngunum. _Gen._ Augnanna Boganna T['u]ngnanna. s. 85. In the Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish this peculiarity in the position of the definite article is preserved. Its origin, however, is concealed; and an accidental identity with the indefinite article has led to false notions respecting its nature. In the languages in point the _i_ is changed into _e_, so that what in Icelandic is _it_ and _in_, is in Danish _et_ and _en_. _En_, however, as a separate word, is the numeral _one_, and also the indefinite article _a_; whilst in the neuter gender it is _et_--en Sol, _a sun_; et Bord, _a table_: Solen, _the sun_; Bordet, _the table_. From modern forms like those just quoted, it has been imagined that the definite is merely the indefinite article transposed. This it is not. Reference will be made to this passage on more occasions than one, to show how words originally distinct may, in the process of time, take the appearance of being identical. To apply an expression of Mr. Cobbett's, _en_=_a_, and _-en_=_the_, are _the same combination of letters, but not the same word_. {42} DECLENSION OF ADJECTIVES. _Saxon_. _Icelandic_. _Definite_.[7] _Definite_.[7] _Singular_. _Singular_. _Neut_. _Masc_. _Fem_. _Neut_. _Masc_. _Fem_.