§§ 250-4] Adjectives 117 § 260. (2) Masc, Neut. Fern. Nom. twál twa twos Ace. twans twa twos Gen. twadđjē twađđjē — Dat. twáim twáim twáim § 251. (3) Masc. Neut. --Fern, Nom. *þreis þrija *þreis Ace. þrins þrija þrins Gen. þrijē þrijē — Dat. þrim þrim — § 252. The cardinal numerals 4-15 usually remain tin-inflected ; when inflected they follow the i-declension (§ 19Θ), forming their dat. in -im and gen. in -ē; the existing examples are dat. fiđwðrim, taíhunim, áinlibim, twalibím, fimf taíhunim; gen. niunē, twalibē. 2. Ordinals. § 253. The extant ordinals' are :—frama (frumists, § 246), first; anþar, second; þridja, third; fimfta-, fifth; saíhsta, sixth ; ahtuda, eighth; niunđa, ninth ; taíhunda, tenth; fimftataíhunda, fifteenth (dat. fimftataíhundin). þridja (Gr. τρίτος) with weak stem-form from Indg. *tri-, the weak form of *trei-, three. From þriđja onwards the other ordinals were formed from the cardinals by means of the Indg. superlative suffix -to- (§ 244), the t of which regularly remained unshifted in fimfta- and saíhsta (§ 128 note 2). In other positions the t became þ by the first sound-shifting (§ 128), then þ became đ by Verner's law (§ 136), which regularly became d after η (see §§ 172-3). It is difficult to account for the -u- in ahtuda. § 254. fruma follows the weak declension, the fern, of which is declined like manage! (§ 210). anþar is declined strong like blinds (§ 226), except that the nom. ace. neut. never ends in -ata; nom. masc. anþar (§176), neut. anþar,