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:â 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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