So also lufu (love), scamu (shame). Duru (door) is an u-noun: it has acc. duru, d., g. dura, g. pl. dura. Observe that all these nouns have a short syllable before the final vowel. When it is long, the u is dropped, and the noun falls under (b).
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | |||
| (b) | Nom. | sprǣċ (speech). | Nom. | sprǣċ-a. |
| Acc. | sprǣċ-e. | Acc. | sprǣċ-a. | |
| Dat. | sprǣċ-e. | Dat. | sprǣċ-um. | |
| Gen. | sprǣċ-e. | Gen. | sprǣċ-a. | |
So also strǣt (street), sorg (sorrow). Some have the acc. sing. the same as the nom., such as dǣd, hand, miht.
Those in -ol, -er, -or, &c. contract:—sāwol (soul), sāwle, sāwla, sāwlum. So also ċeaster (city), hlǣdder (ladder).
Some in -en double the n in inflection:—byrþen (burden), byrþenne. So also those in -rǣden, such as hierdrǣden (guardianship). Those in -nes also double the s in inflection: gōdnes (goodness), gōdnesse.
(2) Mutation-plurals.
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | ||
| Nom. | bōc (book). | Nom. | bēċ. |
| Dat. | bēċ. | Dat. | bōc-um. |
| Gen. | bēċ. | Gen. | bōc-a. |
Burg (city), byriġ, burge; byriġ, burgum, burga.
(3) Indeclinable.