ent which originally
formed part of the stem came to be regarded as a case ending.

On the loss of the final and medial {e} in nouns like {ar}, _eagle_,
{bir} (fem.), _pear_, {gevangen(e)}, _prisoner_, beside the inflected
forms {arn}, {birn}, {gevangen} from {*gevangen-en} through the
intermediate stage {*gevangenn}, see Sec. 9, 1,2.

Sec. 51.

1. {Masculine Nouns.}

SING.
MHG. OHG.

Nom. bote boto, _messenger_
Acc. boten boton, -un
Gen. boten boten, -in
Dat. boten boten, -in

PLUR.

Nom. Acc. boten boton, -un
Gen. boten bot[o]no
Dat. boten bot[o]m

Sec. 52.

2. {Neuter Nouns.}

SING.
MHG. OHG.

Nom. Acc. h[e:]rze h[e:]rza, _heart_
Gen. h[e:]rzen h[e:]rzen, -in
Dat. h[e:]rzen h[e:]rzen, -in

PLUR.

Nom. Acc. h[e:]rzen h[e:]rzun, -on
Gen. h[e:]rzen h[e:]rz[o]no
Dat. h[e:]rzen h[e:]rz[o]m

Sec. 53.

3. {Feminine Nouns.}

SING.
MHG. OHG.

Nom. zunge zunga, _tongue_
Acc. zungen zung[u]n
Gen. zungen zung[u]n
Dat. zungen zung[u]n

PLUR.

Nom. Acc. zungen zung[u]n
Gen. zungen zung[o]no
Dat. zunge zung[o]m

C. DECLENSION OF PROPER NAMES.

Sec. 54.

Names of persons ending in {e} in the nominative follow the weak
declension. Masculine names of persons take {-es} in the genitive, {-e}
in the dative, and {-en} in the accusative after the analogy of the
strong adjectives. The accusative ending {-en} was sometimes extended to
the dative, and the dative ending {-e} to the accusative. And sometimes
both these cases were without endings. Names of countries ending in
{-lant} often have no ending in the dative, as {Engellant} beside
{Engellande}, see Sec. 41. Feminine names of persons ending in a consonant
take {-e} in the genitive, dative and accusative, but occasionally
remain uninflected throughout.

MASCULINE.

Nom. S[i]frit Hagene
Gen. S[i]frides Hagenen
Dat. Acc. S[i]frit, S[i]fride(n) Hagenen

FEMININE.

Nom. Kriemhilt Uote