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Almost half of the names frequently used in OE were masculine and
most of them were a-stems. A little fewer than one third of the commonly
used nouns were feminine, most of them were ō-stems. About a quarter
were neuter, most of them were a-stems.
Table 3. a-stem
Gender
masculine neuter
Number
Case
Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
fisc
fisces
fisce
fisc
fiscas
fisca
fiscum
fiscas
scip
scipes
scipe
scip
scipu
scipa
scipum
scipu
Examples of other nouns belonging to this group are:
Nm. – ceorl "man", hund "dog", hlāf "loaf", weall "wall",
Þeōf "thief";
Nn. – bearn "child", deōr "deer, animal", ʒear "year",
sweord "sword", weorc "work", wīf "woman".
Table 4. ō-stem
Stems
with a long vowel
with a short vowel
Number
Case
Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
wūnd
wūnde
wūnde
wūnde
wūnda,-ena
wūndum
talu
tale
tale
tale
tala
tala, -ena
talum
tala, -e
Examples of other nouns belonging to the o-stems are:
āru "journey", bōt "remedy", lād "way",
racu "narative", reord "voice", rōd "cross",
scolu "troop", weard "protection", wund "wound".