go Accidence [§§ 191-2 which reason it is sometimes called the ā-declension. It is divided into pure ō-stems, jō-stems, and wō-stems. The wō-stems and also the jō-stems with a short radical syllable are declined exactly like the pure ō-stems. The remaining jō-stems are also declined like the pure ō-stems. except that the nom. sing, ends in -i. § 101. a. Pure ō-stems. SING. PLUR. Nom. Ace. giba, gift gibðs Gen. gibōs gibo Dat. gibái gibom The prim. Germ, forms of giba were: Sing. nom. *gebō; ace. *gebōn (cp. Gr. χώραν, land), gen. *§el5oz, dat. *§et)ai older *gebōī (= Indg. -āī, cp. Gr. βεα, to a goddess); PL nom. ace. *gefcðz, gen. *gebōn, dat. *geftōmíz, from which the corresponding Gothic forms are regularly developed. § 192. Like giba are declined a very large number of feminine nouns, as atua, river; aírþa, earth; bida, request ; bōka, letter ; bōta, advantage; kara, care; fēra, country, region; graba,ditch ; haírda,herd; hreila, lime; karkara, prison; láiba, remnant; mōta, custom-house; mulda, dust; nēþla, needle ; rūna, mystery; razda, language ; sáiwala, soul; saárga, sorrow ; stíbna, voice; staua, judgment; þiuđa, people; wamba, womb, Wō-stems—bandwa, sign, token; fijaþwa (fiaþwa), hatred; frijaþwa (friaþwa), love; nidwa, rust; triggwa, covenant, jō-stems—with a short radical syllable—brakja, strife; haija, hell; ludj&,face; plapja, street; sibja, relationship; sunja, truth; wrakja, persecution. The nom. sing, had its -a either from the pure ō-stems or else it was the ace, used for the old nominative. See § 193,