2. bier-st
3. bierst.
[5.] Brūcan, to enjoy, usually takes the genitive case, not the accusative. It means “to have joy of any thing.”
[ CHAPTER XI.]
The Consonant Declensions of Nouns.
The Weak or n-Declension.
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The n-Declension contains almost all of the O.E. nouns belonging to the Consonant Declensions. The stem characteristic n has been preserved in the oblique cases, so that there is no difficulty in distinguishing n-stems from the preceding vowel stems.
The n-Declension includes (a) masculines, (b) feminines, and (c) neuters. The masculines far outnumber the feminines, and the neuters contain only ēage, eye and ēare, ear. The masculines end in -a, the feminines and neuters in -e.