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Early Britain - Anglo-Saxon Britain by Grant Allen
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_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.
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