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Old English Nouns
Old English Nouns
DG, m. /dej/ SG. N. G. D. A. DG DG ES DG E DG N. G. D. A. PL. DAG AS DAG A DAG UM DAG AS /daas/ /daa/ /daum/ /daas/
THE ROOT VOWEL CHANGES INTO A VOWEL OF A BACK QUALITY BECAUSE OF THE BACK INFLECTIONAL VOWEL
Other nouns that change after this declension are: STN, m. (=stone) CYNING, m. (=king) RP, m. (=rope) HLF, m. (=loaf) DG, m. (=day) HM, m. (=home) BT, m. (=boat) HWL, m. (=whale) n. pl HWALAS *W & H switched the place
There was a group of neuter nouns with an ending in nom. pl. and it was U (nom.& acc. plural). But, irregularity in usage of this ending shows that it had gradually disappeared till the end of OE period. These nouns started receiving AS in nom. pl. and later on, in MnE, -ES/ -S as a general plural. The rule for OE niuns changing after this declension was: WHEN A ROOT OF A NOUN IS SHORT, THEN THE NEUTER NOUN RECEIVES U TO DENOTE PLURAL. (The vowel remains very short)
SCIP, n.
N. G. D. A.
Other nouns that change after this declension are: WF, n. HS, n. GR, n. DR, n. (=deer) SCP, n. (=sheer)
/glo:ve/
Other nouns that change after this declension are: TALU, f. STRNGU, f. LENGU, f. LR, f. BRYCG, f. ECG, f. (=edge)