Less frequent is the modified form:
| Sing. | Plur. | ||
| (5.) Nom. | boc (a book). | Nom. | bec. |
| Gen. | bec. | Gen. | boca. |
| Dat. | bec. | Dat. | bocum. |
| Acc. | boc. | Acc. | bec. |
Of neuters there are two principal declensions. The first has the plural in u; the second leaves it unchanged.
| Sing. | Plur. | ||
| (6.) Nom. | scip (a ship). | Nom. | scipu. |
| Gen. | scipes. | Gen. | scipa. |
| Dat. | scipe. | Dat. | scipum. |
| Acc. | scip. | Acc. | scipu. |
| Sing. | Plur. | ||
| (7.) Nom. | hus (a house). | Nom. | hus. |
| Gen. | huses. | Gen. | husa. |
| Dat. | huse. | Dat. | husum. |
| Acc. | hus. | Acc. | hus. |
Hence our "collective" plurals, such as fish, deer, sheep, and trout.
There is also a weak declension, much the same for all three genders, of which the masculine form runs as follows:—
| Sing. | Plur. | ||
| Nom. | guma (a man). | Nom. | guman. |
| Gen. | guman. | Gen. | gumena. |
| Dat. | guman. | Dat. | guman. |
| Acc. | guman. | Acc. | guman. |
Adjectives are declined throughout, as in Latin, through all the cases (including an instrumental), numbers, and genders. The demonstrative pronoun or definite article se (the) may stand as an example.
| Sing. | |||
| Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | |
| Nom. | se, | seo, | thæt. |
| Gen. | thæs, | thære, | thæs. |
| Dat. | tham, | thære, | tham. |
| Acc. | thone, | tha, | thæt. |
| Inst. | thy, | thære, | thy. |
| Plur. | |||
| Masc. Fem. Neut. | |||
| Nom. | tha. | ||
| Gen. | thara. | ||
| Dat. | tham. | ||
| Acc. | tha. | ||
| Inst. | — | ||