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Wiktionary Appendix:Old English athematic declension
- Athematic Old English nouns are typically one-syllable nouns that umlaut their stem vowel, making ó->é, á->ǽ, an->en, u->y.
- If an ending beginning with an u is present, it becomes e in inflected forms.
- If an athematic noun is masculine, the nominative/accusative plural and dative singular umlaut. If feminine, then the genitive may also umlaut.
Examples
Masculine
Citation form: fót m
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nominative
accusative
| fót | fét
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| genitive
| fót·es | fót·a
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| dative
| fét | fót·um
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Short Feminine
Citation form: hnutu f
| | singular | plural
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| nominative
| hnut·u | hnyte
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| accusative
| hnut·u | hnut·a
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| genitive
| hnyt·e or hnute | hnut·a
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| dative
| hnyt·e | hnut·um
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Long Feminine
Citation form: bóc f
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| nominative
| bóc | béc
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| accusative
| bóc | béc
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| genitive
| béc or bóc·e | bóc·a
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| dative
| béc | bóc·um
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Long Neuter
Citation form: scrúd n
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nominative
accusative
| scrúd | scrúd
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| genitive
| scrúd·es | scrúd·a
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| dative
| scrýd | scrúd·um
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See also
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