The majority of OE nouns belonged to the a-stems, ō-stems and n-stems.
Declension of ō-stem (feminine)
Sing. Plur.
Nom. lār lāra
Gen. lāre lāra
Dat. lāre lārum
Acc. lāre lāra
The vocalic stems: i –stems and u- stems included nouns of different genders. Division into genders breaks up i-stems into 3 declensions, but is irrelevant for u-stems: Masculine and Feminine u- stems decline alike
Declension Masculine Neuter
Sing. Plur. Sing. Plur.
Nom. mete metas spere speru
Gen. metes meta speres spera
Dat. mete metum spere sperum
Acc. mete mete, as spere speru
meat spear
Feminine i-stem
Sing. Plur.
Nom. bōōn bēna
Gen. bēne bēna
Dat. bēne bēnum
Acc. bēne bēna
Declension of u-stems
Masculine Feminine
Sing. Plur. Sing. Plur.
Nom. sunu suna duru dura
Gen. suna suna dura dura
Dat. suna sunum dura dura
Declension of n-stems.
Sing. Plur.
Nom. hunta huntan
Gen. huntan huntan
Dat. huntan huntum
Acc. hunte huntan (hunter)
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