The Saxons draw no such a distinction. With them the article and demonstrative is declined as follows:-- _Neuter._ _Masculine._ _Feminine._ _Sing. Nom._ Thaet Se Seo. _Acc._ Thaet Thone Th['a]. \-----\/----/ _Dat._ Tham Th['ae]re. _Gen._ Thaes Th['ae]re. \--------\/-------/ _Plur. Nom._ Th['a]. _Acc._ Th['a]. _Dat._ Th['a]m. _Gen._ Th['a]ra. s. 96. _Specimen of Glossarial affinity._--Taken from Rask's Preface to his Frisian Grammar:-- _Frisian._ _Anglo Saxon._ _English._ ['A]ge E['a]ge _Eye_. H['a]ved He['a]fod _Head_. Kind Cild _Child_. Erva Eafora _Heir_. Drochten Drihten _Lord_. Nacht Niht _Night_. R['e]d R['ae]d _Council_ (_Rede_). D['e]de D['ae]d _Deed_. Nose Nasu _Nose_. ['E]in ['A]gen _Own_. K['a]pie Ceapige _I buy_ (_Chapman_). Dua Don _To do_. Sl['a] Sle['a]n _Slay_. Gunga Gangan _Go_ (_Gang_). * * * * * s. 97. In this Chapter there has been, thus far, an attempt to do two things at once. Firstly, to exhibit the _general_ likeness between stocks, branches, &c.; and secondly, to show the _special_ affinities between certain languages allied to our {56} own, and of the Gothic Stock. What follows, consists of certain observations upon two or three points of nomenclature. s. 98. _German._--The points to remember concerning this term are-- 1. That it is no national name, but a name given by the Latins to the natives of the country called Germania. The word _German_ is foreign to all the Gothic languages. 2. That it was first applied to proper Germanic tribes in the time of Julius Caesar, and that it served to distinguish the Gothic Germans from the Celtic Gauls. 3. That, anterior to the time of Caesar, there is no proof of it being applied as a distinctive designation to any of the tribes to whom it was afterwards limited. The first tribe to whom it was applied, was (in the opinion of the present writer) a Gallic tribe. 4. That since the time of Julius Caesar, its application has been constant, _i.e._, it has always meant Gothic tribes, or Gothic languages.