§§ 240-1] Adjectives in In other respects it is always declined weak like the three nouns hana (§ 207), haírtð (§ 213), manage! (§ 210). The reason why the fern, is declined like manage! and not like tuggō is owing to the fact that the original ending of the nom. was -ī (§§ 198, 210). In the West Germanic languages the masc. and neut. went over into the ja-declension after the analogy of the feminine, and then the pres. participle came to be declined like an ordinary adjective according to both the strong and the weak declension. SING. Masc. Neut. Fern. Nom. nimands fiimanda, taking nimanđō nimandei Ace. nimandan nimandō nimandeta Gen. nirnandins nimandins nimandeins Dat. nimandin nimandin nimandein PLUR. Nom. nimandans nimandōna nimandeins Ace. nimandans nimanđōna nimandeins Gen. nimandan§ nimandanē nimandeinō Dat. nimandam nimandam nimandeim § 240. The past participle has both the strong and the weak declension. In the former case it is declined like blinds (§ 226), and in the latter like blinđa (§ 237). § 241. Strong. SING. Masc. Neut. Fern. Nom. numans, taken numan, numanata numana Ace. numanana numan, numanata numana &c. &c. &c. In the same manner are declined the past participles of weak verbs, as nasiþs, saved, ace. nasidana; salbōþs, anointed, ace. salbðđana, &c. On the interchange of þ and đ see § 173.