(1) u-plurals.
SINGULAR. PLURAL.
_Nom._ s[.c]ip (_ship_). _Nom._ s[.c]ip-u.
_Dat._ s[.c]ip-e. _Dat._ s[.c]ip-um.
_Gen._ s[.c]ip-es. _Gen._ s[.c]ip-a.
So all neuters with short final syllable, such as _[.g]e.bed_ (prayer),
_[.g]e.writ_ (writing), _[.g]eat_ (gate). {11}
_Faet_ (vessel), _faete_, _faetes_; _fatu_, _fatum_, _fata_ (p. 5).
_R[=i][.c]e_ (kingdom), _r[=i][.c]e_, _r[=i][.c]es_; _r[=i][.c]u_,
_r[=i][.c]um_, _r[=i][.c]a_. So also all neuters in _e_, except _[=e]age_
and _[=e]are_ (p. 13): _[.g]e.th[=e]ode_ (language), _sty[.c][.c]e_
(piece).
Those in _-ol_, _-en_, _-or_, &c. are generally contracted:--_d[=e]ofol_
(devil), _d[=e]ofles_, _d[=e]oflu_. So also _w[=ae]pen_ (weapon), _mynster_
(monastery), _wundor_ (wonder).
(2) Unchanged plurals.
SINGULAR. PLURAL.
_Nom._ h[=u]s (_house_). _Nom._ h[=u]s.
_Dat._ h[=u]s-e. _Dat._ h[=u]s-um.
_Gen._ h[=u]s-es. _Gen._ h[=u]s-a.
So all others with long final syllables (that is, containing a long vowel,
or a short vowel followed by more than one consonant), such as _bearn_
(child), _folc_ (nation), _w[=i]f_ (woman).
_Feoh_ (money) drops its _h_ in inflection and lengthens the _eo_:--_feoh_,
_f[=e]o_, _f[=e]os_. So also _bleoh_ (colour).