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u6 Accidence [§§248-9

assimilation of *-lih to -lif first took place in twalif because of the preceding labial (§ 134 note), and then, at a later period, the -lif was extended to 'áinlif (cp. dat. álnlibim) for older *áinlih. 13 to 19 were formed by the simple ordinals plus taíhun, but of these only fidwōrtaíhun and fimftaíhun are extant.

The decades 20 to 6o were formed in prim. Germanic from the units 2 to 6 and the abstract noun *tegunđ- — Indg. Mekmt¹, decade, whence the Goth, stem-form tlgu-which went over into the u-declension with a plural tigjus, as nom. twái tigjus, twenty, dat. twáim tigum. Prim. Germanic *tegunđⁱ is a derivative of prim. Germanic 'texun (= Indg. *dēkm, Gr. δέκα, Lat. decem, Goth, taíhun) with change of χ to g by Verner's law (§ 136) and the loss of the final consonants (§ 87). These numerals govern the gen. case. The existing ace. gen. dat. forms •are:—ace. þrins tiguns, fiđwōr tiguns, fimf tiguns; gen. þrijē tlgiwē; dat. twáim tigum, saíhs tigum. The formation of the numerals 70-100 is difficult to explain; for an account of the various explanations hitherto proposed, see Osthoff-Brugmann's Morphologische Unter-suchungen, v. pp. 11-17. The numerals 200, 300, 500, 900 are formed from the units and the neut. noun hund (= Gr. ί-κατ&ν, Lat. centum), hundred, which is declined like waúrd (§ 181). They govern the gen. case. The only existing inflected forms of the oblique cases are : dat. twáim hundam, fimf hunđam; þūsundi is a fern, noun, declined like bandi (§ 193), and governs the gen. case. The examples of the oblique cases are: dat. fiđwōr þūsunđjōm, fimf þūsunđjōm, and those given on p. 115.

§ 248. The first three cardinal numerals are declinable in all cases and genders.

§ 249. (i) áins, neut. áin, áinata, fem. áina, is always strong and is declined like blinds (§ 226). Plural forms meaning only, alone also occur.



		u6 Accidence [§§248-9 assimilation of -lih to -lif first took place in twalif because of the preceding labial (§ 134 note), and then, at a later period, the -lif was extended to 'áinlif (cp. dat. álnlibim) for older áinlih. 13 to 19 were formed by the simple ordinals plus taíhun, but of these only fidwōrtaíhun and fimftaíhun are extant. The decades 20 to 6o were formed in prim. Germanic from the units 2 to 6 and the abstract noun tegunđ- — Indg. Mekmt¹, decade,* whence the Goth, stem-form tlgu-which went over into the u-declension with a plural tigjus, as nom. twái tigjus, twenty, dat. twáim tigum. Prim. Germanic tegunđⁱ is a derivative of prim. Germanic 'texun (= Indg. dēkm, Gr. δέκα, Lat. decem, Goth, taíhun) with change of χ to g by Verner's law (§ 136) and the loss of the final consonants (§ 87). These numerals govern the gen. case. The existing ace. gen. dat. forms •are:—ace. þrins tiguns, fiđwōr tiguns, fimf tiguns; gen. þrijē tlgiwē; dat. twáim tigum, saíhs tigum. The formation of the numerals 70-100 is difficult to explain; for an account of the various explanations hitherto proposed, see Osthoff-Brugmann's Morphologische Unter-suchungen, v. pp. 11-17. The numerals 200, 300, 500, 900 are formed from the units and the neut. noun hund (= Gr. ί-κατ&ν, Lat. centum), hundred, which is declined like waúrd (§ 181). They govern the gen. case. The only existing inflected forms of the oblique cases are : dat. twáim hundam, fimf hunđam; þūsundi is a fern, noun, declined like bandi (§ 193), and governs the gen. case. The examples of the oblique cases are: dat. fiđwōr þūsunđjōm, fimf þūsunđjōm, and those given on p. 115. § 248. The first three cardinal numerals are declinable in all cases and genders. § 249. (i) áins, neut. áin, áinata, fem. áina, is always strong and is declined like blinds (§ 226). Plural forms meaning only, alone also occur.