The plural of the substantives terminates in (1) _s_ resp. _ys_: 837 _+ryghtys+ -- knyghtes_. 1298 _+stonys+ -- nonys_. (2) in _n_: 458 _+slon+ -- appon_. 1116 _done -- +shone+_. 1193 _+shone+ -- anon, done_. (3) is formed by _i_-umlaut: _+men+_ 1784, 2282, but 2197 _wan -- +men+_ (= _man_). (4) has no inflexion: 651 _+gere+ -- +spere+_. 705 _far -- +gere+_. 836 _hend -- +frende+_, _sende_. 1173 _ffere -- +yere+_. 1405 _hend -- +frend+_. 1556 _+stone+ -- gone_. 2188 _were -- +yere+_. 2194 _here -- +yere+_. The inflexions of the adjectives have totally disappeared. The _infinitive_ ends in _-ne_ or _n_, or has no termination at all. (1) with _n_: 123 _kene -- see_ (= _+sene+_). 217 _ageyne -- +sayne+_. 262 _fayne -- +slayne+_. 489 _Mavdeleyn -- +seyne+_; 16 _sone -- +gon+_. (2) without _n_: 67 _sake -- +take+_. 93 _kynd -- +fynd+_. 148 _+wake+ -- stake_. 184 _so -- +goo+_. 434 _Adolake -- +take+_. 1062 _tho -- +do+_. 1762 _me -- +se+_. The 2nd person sing. of the pres. ind. occurs only once in the rhyme, 1333 _tase -- +thou hase+, tas -- gas_. The 3rd person sing. of the present indicative ends in _s_: 187 _+tellys+ -- ellys_. 2317 _rose -- +gose+_. 558 _+tellythe+ -- elles_ (The rhyme shows that _+tellys+_ must be inserted; cf. 103 _gos -- takythe_, and 858 _gothe -- toke_ = _+gas+ -- +tas+_.) Only once _th_ occurs: 2047 _Nazareth -- +gethe+_ (ags. _gæð_). On this remarkable form see Zupitza, _Guy of Warwick_, note on l. 11075. The plural has no termination: 3 _+wynde+ -- ende -- lende_. The _subjunctive_ mood has no inflexions: 70 _+sped+ -- stede_, 3rd pers. 87 _+blynd+ -- wynde_, 3rd pers. 213 _fyld -- +schyld+_, 3rd pers. 416 _sey -- +may+_, 2nd pers. sg. 584 _feld -- +schyld+_, 3rd pers. sg. 1978 _+saue+ -- haue_; but observe 139 _+slone+ -- none_ and 1839 _+sene+ -- grene_. The _present participle_ ends usually in _-ande_ (_onde_): 13 _londe -- +wonande+_. 127 _fonde -- +growonde+_. 315 _+levand+ -- bond_. 352 _stand -- +lygand+_. 358 _vndyrstond -- +levand+_. 1128 _stond -- +shynand+_. 1280 _+fayland+ -- lond_. 1445 _+fleand+ -- waraunt_. 1452 _ffand -- +goand+_. 1821 _lond -- +wepand+_. 1899 _lond -- +pleyand+_. 2104 _hond -- +levand+_. Thrice _-yng_ is found: 268 _kyng -- +dwellyng+_, 1638 and 2568. The _gerund_ terminates always in _ing_ (_yng_): 1479 _kyng -- +ryding+_. 1503 _+comyng+ -- kyng_. 1933 _ryng -- +lettyng+_. 2509 _kyng -- +lesyng+_. Observe the 2nd pers. sing. of a past tense, 1589 _+thou cam~+ -- slan~_, of a praeterito-praesens, 410 _they -- sey, +thow may+_. 1543 _away -- aye, +may+_. 2001 _+may+ -- welaway_. The _past participle_ of strong verbs terminates in _n_: 482 _+syne+ -- schene, wene -- clene_. 675 _+slayne+ -- rayne_. 800 _+slayne+ -- trayne_. 1292 _fayn~ -- +slayn~+_. 1562 _+sene+ -- wene_. 2323 _alone -- +slone+_. We don’t find one certain instance for the dropping of this _n_, besides 1678 and 2063 _be_.