ðā Rōmware, Romans.

ðā Seaxe, Saxons.

sē stęde, place [in-stead of].

(u-Stems.)

sēo flōr, floor.

sēo nosu, nose.

sē sumor (G. sumeres, D. sumera), summer.

sē winter (G. wintres, D. wintra), winter.

sē wudu, wood, forest.

Note.—The numerous masculine nouns ending in -hād,—cildhād (childhood), wīfhād (womanhood),—belong to the u-stems historically; but they have all passed over to the a-Declension.