Fæt (vessel), fæte, fætes; fatu, fatum, fata (p. [5]).
Rīċe (kingdom), rīċe, rīċes; rīċu, rīċum, rīċa. So also all neuters in e, except ēage and ēare (p. [13]): ġe·þēode (language), styċċe (piece).
Those in -ol, -en, -or, &c. are generally contracted:—dēofol (devil), dēofles, dēoflu. So also wǣpen (weapon), mynster (monastery), wundor (wonder).
(2) Unchanged plurals.
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | ||
| Nom. | hūs (house). | Nom. | hūs. |
| Dat. | hūs-e. | Dat. | hūs-um. |
| Gen. | hūs-es. | Gen. | hūs-a. |
So all others with long final syllables (that is, containing a long vowel, or a short vowel followed by more than one consonant), such as bearn (child), folc (nation), wīf (woman).
Feoh (money) drops its h in inflection and lengthens the eo:—feoh, fēo, fēos. So also bleoh (colour).
STRONG FEMININES.
(1) a-plurals.
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | |||
| (a) | Nom. | ġief-u (gift). | Nom. | ġief-a. |
| Acc. | ġief-e. | Acc. | ġief-a. | |
| Dat. | ġief-e. | Dat. | ġief-um. | |
| Gen. | ġief-e. | Gen. | ġief-ena. | |