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INFLECTION: DECLENSION
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INFLECTION.
DECLENSION OF NOUNS.
THE 0-DECLENSION. (S. §§ 235-250.)
20. The 0-declension (which includes the stems in -jo and -wo) represents the inflection of the greater number of the masculine and the neuter nouns.
Masculine 0-Stems.
21. (a) Monosyllabic themes : stān, stone; dæg, day; weal(1), wall; mearh, horse.
| Sing. N.A. | stān | dæg | weal(1) (12) | mearh |
| G. | stānes | dæges | wealles | mēares (17) |
| D.I. | stāne | dæge | wealle | mēare |
| Plur. N.A. | stānas | dagas (7) | weallas | mēaras |
| G. | stāna | daga | wealla | mēara |
| D.I. | stānum | dagum | weallum | mēarum |
22. (b) Dissyllabic themes: ēðel, property; ęngel,
angel; heofon, heaven; fugol, bird.
| Sing. N.A. | ēðel | ęngel | heofon | fugol |
| G. | ēðles | ęngels | heofones | fugles |
| D.I. | ēðle | ęngel | heofone | fugle |
| Plur. N.A. | ēðlas | ęnglas | heofennas | fuglas |
| G. | ēðla | ęngla | heofena | fugla |
| D.I. | ēðlum | ęnglum | heofenum | fuglum |
23. (1) In the inflection of dissyllabic themes, when the radical syllable is long, the (short) middle vowel is
