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86 Accidence [§§ i8o-i

*đajanz, gen. *đagon (cp. Gr. 9t5>v, of gods), dat. *đa5omíz. From what has been said in Chapter V on the vowels of unaccented syllables, it will be seen that all the forms of the sing, and plural, except the dat. sing, and gen. pi., are regularly developed from the corresponding prim. Germ, forms, daga is the old instrumental used for the dative. The -ē in dagē, which presupposes a prim. Germ, ending

•δη (§ 87, i), has never been satisfactorily explained.¹ The gen. in OE. O.Icel. đaga, OS. dago, OHG. tago regularly goes back to *đagon which would have become *đagō in Gothic, cp. gibō (§ 191).

§ 180. Like dags are declined a great many Gothic masculine nouns, e. g. áiþs (gen. áiþis), oath; asts, bough, twig; akrs, field; bagms, tree; fisks, fish; fugls, bird, fowl; hunds, dog, hound; himins, heaven; ligrs, bed, couch; máiþms, gift; maárglns, morning; stains, stone; sitls, seat; skalks, servant; biudans, king; wigs, way; winds, wind; wulfs, wolf. Like hláifs is declined láufs, leaf.

§ 181. Neuters.

SING.

Nom. Voc. Ace, waúrđ, word háubiþ, head

Gen. waúrdis háubidis

Dat. waurda háubida

PLUR.

Nom. Voc. Ace. waúrđa háubida
Gen. waurdē háubidē
Dat. waúrdam háubiđam
The neuters only differed from the masculines in the
nom. voc. sing, and nom. ace. plural, the prim. Germ,
forms of which were *worđan, *worđo (§ 62). These
regularly became waúrd, waurda in Gothic.

NOTE.—On the interchange of }> and đ see §173.
¹ For suggested explanations see Jellinek, p. 100.



		86 Accidence [§§ i8o-i đajanz, gen. đagon (cp. Gr. 9t5>v, of gods), dat. đa5omíz. From what has been said in Chapter V on the vowels of unaccented syllables, it will be seen that all the forms of the sing, and plural, except the dat. sing, and gen. pi., are regularly developed from the corresponding prim. Germ, forms, daga is the old instrumental used for the dative. The -ē in dagē, which presupposes a prim. Germ, ending •δη (§ 87, i), has never been satisfactorily explained.¹ The gen. in OE. O.Icel. đaga, OS. dago, OHG. tago regularly goes back to đagon which would have become đagō in Gothic, cp. gibō (§ 191). § 180. Like dags are declined a great many Gothic masculine nouns, e. g. áiþs (gen. áiþis), oath;* asts, bough, twig; akrs, field; bagms, tree; fisks, fish; fugls, bird, fowl; hunds, dog, hound; himins, heaven; ligrs, bed, couch; máiþms, gift; maárglns, morning; stains, stone; sitls, seat; skalks, servant; biudans, king; wigs, way; winds, wind; wulfs, wolf. Like hláifs is declined láufs, leaf. § 181. Neuters. SING. Nom. Voc. Ace, waúrđ, word háubiþ, head Gen. waúrdis háubidis Dat. waurda háubida PLUR. Nom. Voc. Ace. waúrđa háubida Gen. waurdē háubidē Dat. waúrdam háubiđam The neuters only differed from the masculines in the nom. voc. sing, and nom. ace. plural, the prim. Germ, forms of which were worđan, worđo (§ 62). These regularly became waúrd, waurda in Gothic. NOTE.—On the interchange of }> and đ see §173. ¹ For suggested explanations see Jellinek, p. 100.