Less frequent is the modified form: 

SING.  PLUR.

(5.) Nom. boc (a book). Nom. bec.
     Gen. bec. Gen. boca.
     Dat. bec. Dat. bocum.
     Acc. boc. Acc. bec.

Of neuters there are two principal declensions.  The first has the plural in u; the second leaves it unchanged.

SING.  PLUR.

(6.) Nom. scip (a ship). Nom. scipu.
     Gen. scipes. Gen. scipa.
     Dat. scipe. Dat. scipum.
     Acc. scip. Acc. scipu.

SING.  PLUR.

(7.) Nom. hus (a house). Nom. hus.
     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:—­

    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,          thaet.
Gen.       thaes,          thaere,        thaes.
Dat.       tham,          thaere,        tham.
Acc.       thone,         tha,          thaet.
Inst.      thy,           thaere,        thy.

PLUR.

Masc.  Fem.  Neut.
Nom.                 tha.
Gen.                 thara.
Dat.                 tham.
Acc.                 tha.
Inst.                —­

Verbs are conjugated about as fully as in Latin.  There are two principal forms:  strong verbs, which form their preterite by vowel modification, as binde, pret. band; and weak verbs, which form it by the addition of ode or de to the root, as lufige, pret. lufode; hire, pret. hirde.  The present and preterite of the first form are as follows:—­

IND.  SUBJ.

Pres. sing. 1. binde. binde.
                  2. bindest. binde.
                  3. bindeth. binde.

plur. 1, 2, 3. bindath. binden.

Pret. sing. 1. band. bunde.
                  2. bunde. bunde.
                  3. band. bunde.