§§ 204-6j Declension of Nouns 95 boy; sakkus, sackcloth; sidus, custom ; skadus, shadow; skildus, shield; tunþus, tooth; þaúrnus, thorn · þuudi-nassus,kingdom; wibrus, lamb; vníVj>\\s,glory; wintrus, winter. § 204. Besides hanđus also the three feminine nouns asilus, she-ass; kinnus, cheek; wađdjus, wall. b. Neuters. § 205. Of the neuter u-stems only a few traces are extant in Gothic. No plural forms occur. Norn. Ace. faíhu, catlle Gen. faíháus Dat. faíháu NOTE.—The gen. faiháus does not occur, but it can be inferred from filáus, the adverbial gen. of filu, much, gáiru (nom. sing.), goad, and sihu (ace. sing.), victory, occur only once, and as glosses; the latter is probably miswritten for sigu, which would then presuppose a masc. form *sigus = OHG. sigu, otherwise we should expect saihu (§ 69). The ace. form leifm, strong drink, probably also belongs here, since it is neuter in all the other old Germanic languages. The nom. ace. ended in the parent language in -u which regularly remained in Gothic (§ 88). B. WEAK DECLENSION (Π-STEMS). § 2O6. In the parent language the nom. sing, ended partly in -en, -on, and partly in -ē, -5. The reason for this difference is unknown. The various Indg. languages generalized one or other of the two forms in prehistoric times, as in Gr. nom. ποψ,ήι<, shepherd; ήγ«μών, leader; ace. ποιμένα, ήγίμό.-α, beside nom. Skr. rájā, king; Lat. homo, man; sermo, discourse; ace. rājānatn, hominem, sermō-nem. In prim. Germanic the two forms existed side by side, as in Goth, hana from -en, -on (§ 87, (i)), beside tuggo, haírtō from -o (§ 89). In Goth, the -5 became