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Noun declension

Nouns are declined in case and number by adding the following endings to the base form of the noun:

	singular	plural
direct	-	-no
oblique	-re	-nure

Some examples are shown below: bevvo, father, and hɔgo, house.

	bevvo		hɔgo
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	bevvo	bevvono	hɔgo	hɔgono
oblique	bevvore	bevvonore	hɔgore	hɔgonore

Nouns ending in a consonant in the singular direct case usually add a euphonic vowel before the endings of the other cases. This vowel is generally -i-, but other vowels are also possible.

bas. vær‘ → dir. vær‘il‘, obl. vær‘iha, ...

Some irregular nouns, conversely, change their last vowel in the root before adding other endings. The commonest changes are u → o, or i → e. A lot of these nouns display both irregular and regular forms, especially in earlier texts. In modern texts the amount of irregular forms is extremely limited, with a strong tendency towards regularization by analogy.

bas. sænu → dir. sænol‘, obl. sænoha, ...
bas. voɸi → dir. voɸel‘, obl. voɸeha, ...