The Saxons draw no such a distinction. With them the article and demonstrative is declined as follows:—
| Neuter. | Masculine. | Feminine. | ||
| Sing. | Nom. | Þæt | Se | Seo. |
| Acc. | Þæt | Þone | Þá. | |
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| Dat. | Þam | Þǽre. | ||
| Gen. | Þæs | Þǽre. | ||
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| Plur. | Nom. | Þá. | ||
| Acc. | Þá. | |||
| Dat. | Þám. | |||
| Gen. | Þára. | |||
[§ 96]. Specimen of Glossarial affinity.—Taken from Rask's Preface to his Frisian Grammar:—
| Frisian. | Anglo Saxon. | English. |
| Áge | Eáge | Eye. |
| Háved | Heáfod | Head. |
| Kind | Cild | Child. |
| Erva | Eafora | Heir. |
| Drochten | Drihten | Lord. |
| Nacht | Niht | Night. |
| Réd | Rǽd | Council (Rede). |
| Déde | Dǽd | Deed. |
| Nose | Nasu | Nose. |
| Éin | Ágen | Own. |
| Kápie | Ceapige | I buy (Chapman). |
| Dua | Don | To do. |
| Slá | Sleán | Slay. |
| Gunga | Gangan | Go (Gang). |
[§ 97]. In this Chapter there has been, thus far, an attempt to do two things at once. Firstly, to exhibit the general likeness between stocks, branches, &c.; and secondly, to show the special affinities between certain languages allied to our
own, and of the Gothic Stock. What follows, consists of certain observations upon two or three points of nomenclature.
[§ 98]. German.—The points to remember concerning this term are—
1. That it is no national name, but a name given by the Latins to the natives of the country called Germania. The word German is foreign to all the Gothic languages.
2. That it was first applied to proper Germanic tribes in the time of Julius Cæsar, and that it served to distinguish the Gothic Germans from the Celtic Gauls.