§ 99. The =i=-declension contains only masculins and feminins. Both
genders properly ought to inflect precisely alike. But this is the case
in the pl. only, while the sg. of the masculins has the gen. and dat.
after the analogy of the =a=-declension.
Masculins.
§ 100. Paradim: =balgs=, _wine-skin_ (proethnic Germanic =balgi-z=).
Sing. N. =balgs= Plur. N. =balgeis=
G. =balgis= G. =balgê=
D. =balga= D. =balgim=
A. =balg= A. =balgins=
V. =balg=
§ 101. The number of masculins inflecting like =balgs= is not very
great; e. g., =gasts=, _guest_; =gards=, _house_; =muns=, _thought_;
=mats=, _meat, food_; =saggws=, _song_; =sauþs=, =saudis=, _sacrifice_;
=brûþ-faþs= (=d=), _bridegroom_; =staþs= (=d=), _sted, place_.
NOTE 1. Words not occurring in the nom., dat., acc. pl. can not
with certainty be referd to this declension (cp. § 91, n. 1). In
many cases, however, we can infer from the remaining Germanic
languages to what declension they belong. Accordingly, the word
=saiws=, _sea, lake_, belongs here; and, particularly, a number of
verbal abstracts like =qums=, _arrival_; =drus=, _fall_; =wlits=,
_face_; =runs= (gen. =runis=), _a running_; =grêts=, _weeping_;
=krusts=, _gnashing_.
NOTE 2. The =s= of the nom. is dropt according to § 78, n. 2; e.
g., =ur-runs=, =ur-runsis=; =drus=, =drusis=; =baúr=, =baúris= (<
=baíran=, _to bear_), _sun_.
NOTE 3. =naus=, _a ded person_, is explaind according to the rules
for =w= (§ 42); nom. pl. =naweis=, acc. pl. =nawins=; so, also, the
acc. and voc. sg. =nau=.
NOTE 4. For =wêgs= and =aiws=, s. § 91, n. 5; for the acc. pl.
=andins=, s. § 92, n. 1.
Feminins.
§ 102. Paradim: =ansts=, _favor_ (proethnic Germanic =ansti-z=).
Sing. N. =ansts= Plur. N. =ansteis=
G. =anstais= G. =anstê=
D. =anstai= D. =anstim=
A. =anst= A. =anstins=
V. =anst=
§ 103. A great number of feminins belong to this class. Exampls:
=qêns=, _woman, wife_; =dails=, _deal_; =wêns=, _hope_; =nauþs=,
=nauþais=, _need_; =siuns=, _sight_; =sôkns=, _serch_; =taikns=,
_token_; =fahêþs=, =fahêdais=, _joy_; =magaþs= (=þ=), _maid_;
=fadreins=, _generation, family_; =arbaiþs= (=d=), _work_; =asans=,
_harvest_; =ahaks=, _duv_; those in =-duþs=, =-duþais= (perhaps
=-dûþs=; cp. § 15, n. 1): =mikilduþs=, _greatness_; =managduþs=,
_abundance_; =ajukduþs=, _eternity_; =gamainduþs=, _communion_.
Very numerous ar the verbal abstracts which may be formd from every
strong verb by means of the dental suffix =t= (=þ=, =d=); e. g.,
=gaskafts=, _creation_; =þaúrfts=, _need_; =ganists=, _salvation_;
=fralusts=, _loss_; =gakusts=, _test_; =gabaúrþs=, _birth_; =gataúrþs=,
_destruction_; =manasêþs= (=d=), _world_; =dêþs=, _deed_; =gahugds=,
_thought_.
NOTE 1. Here belong also the abstracts in =-eins=, =-ôns=,
=-ains=, derived from the weak verbs of the I., II., and III.
Weak Conjugations, respectivly; e. g., =naseins= (< =nasjan=),
_salvation_; =laiseins=, _doctrin_; =háuheins=, _a 'heightening'_,
hense _praise_; =galaubeins=, _belief_; =naiteins=, _blasfemy_;
=laþôns= (< =laþôn=), _invitation_; =salbôns=, _salv, ointment_;
=mitôns=, _consideration_; =þulains= (< =þulan=), _suffering,
patience_; =libains=, _life_.--But those in =-eins= hav the nom.
and gen. pl. according to the =ô=-declension. Thus, for exampl:
Sing. N. =naiteins= G. =naiteinais= D. =naiteinai= A. V. =naitein=
Plur. N. =naiteinôs= G. =naiteinô= D. =naiteinim= A. =naiteinins=.
So in one exampl also the dat. pl.: =unkaúreinôm=; II. Cor. XI,
8.--The pl. of the abstracts in =-ôns=, =-ains= is regular:
=mitôneis=, =mitônê=, etc.
NOTE 2. Whether words ar f. or m. is doutful when they do not occur
in a distinctiv case; as, =lists=, _craftiness_; =fulleiþs= (or
=fulleiþ=, n.), _fulness_.
NOTE 3. The =s= of the nom. is dropt according to § 78, n. 2;
e. g., =us-stass=, =us-stassais=, _resurrection_; =garuns=,
=-runsais=, _street_.
NOTE 4. =haims=, _village_, forms its pl. according to the
=ô=-declension: =haimôs=, etc.