Masculins and Feminins.
§ 104. The masculins and feminins of the =u=-declension ar identical in
form. Paradim: =sunus=, _sun_.
Sing. N. =sunus= Plur. N. =sunjus=
G. =sunáus= G. =suniwê=
D. =sunáu= D. =sunum=
A. =sunu= A. =sununs=
V. =sunu=
§ 105. Further exampls: (a) masculins; e. g., =áirus=, _messenger_;
=asilus=, _ass_; =dauþus=, _deth_; =wulþus=, _glory_; =hûhrus=,
_hunger_; =þaúrnus=, _thorn_; =haírus=, _sword_; =liþus=, _lim_;
=lustus=, _lust_; =magus=, _boy_; =faírƕus=, _world_; =fôtus=, _foot_;
=stubjus=, _dust_; =wrêþus=, _flock_ (§ 7, n. 3); in =-assus= (Kluge,
Stammbildg., § 137 et seq.): =draúhtinassus=, _warfare_; =ibnassus=,
_evenness_; =þiudinassus=, _kingdom_; in =-ôdus=, =-ôþus= (Kluge,
Stammbildg., § 134); e. g., =auhjôdus=, _tumult_; =gabaúrjôþus=,
_plezure_.
(b) The only feminins ar certainly only =handus=, _hand_; =kinnus=,
_cheek_; =waddjus=, _wall_ (cp. Beitr., 16, 318¹), and perhaps =asilus=
(if ὄνου in Lu. XIX, 30. Joh. XII, 15, means _she-ass_).
The gender of sum is doutful; as, =qaírnus=, _mil_; =flôdus=, _flud_;
=luftus=, _air_.
NOTE 1. Foren words like =aggilus=, _angel_; =sabbatus=, _sabbath_,
fluctuate in the pl. between the =u-= and =i=-decl.; s. § 120, n. 1.
NOTE 2. There is a notewurthy fluctuation between =u= and =au=
(=aú=? cp. § 24, n. 4) in the terminations of the sing. All cases
of this kind hav been collected by Leo Meyer in his 'Got. Spr.',
p. 574. =au= occurs for =u=: nom. =sunaus=; Lu. IV, 3; =faírƕaus=;
Gal. VI, 14 (in cod. B = =faírƕus= in cod. A); =Bartimaiaus=;
Mt. X, 46; --acc. =handau=; Mk. VII, 32; =þiudinassau=; Lu. IX,
27; =haírau=; Rom. XIII, 4 (in A = =haíru= in Cod. Car.); --voc.
=sunau= (often), =magau=; Lu. II, 48.
Reversely we find =u= for =au=: gen. =dauþus=; Lu. I, 79; =wulþus=;
Rom. IX, 23; =apaustaulus=; II. Cor. XII, 12 (in A = =apaustaulaus=
in B); dat. =wulþu=; Lu. IX, 26; =Paítru=; Gal. II, 7 (in A =
=Paítrau= in B).
From the great number of exampls, however, we infer that the
abuv paradim is by all means the regular one; the deviations
just mentiond ar merely owing to confusion on the part of later
copyists. When a word occurs in two manuscripts, it generally
has the correct form in one. Especially in Cod. Amb. A and in the
gospel of Lu. the =u=-decl. is confused in this way. Cp. Beitr.,
18, 280¹.
Neuters.
§ 106. The word =faíhu=, _muney_ (orig. '_catl_', = OHG. fihu) is the
only neuter sb. of this class which occurs in several cases in the
singular. No n. pl. is found.
N. =faíhu=
G. [=faíháus=]
D. =faíháu=
A. =faíhu=
NOTE 1. Also =gairu=, _sting_, is n. It occurs only in the nom. sg.
(II. Cor. XII, 7 in A, as a gloss to =hnûþô=).--The sb. =leiþu=,
_fruit-wine_, probably belongs here too; only the acc. sg. =leiþu=
occurs (Lu. I, 15); cp. Gallée (§ 223, n. 1), I, p. 38.--The acc.
sg. =sihu=, a gloss to the neuter =sigis=, _victory_, in Cod. B I.
Cor. XV, 57, is probably miswritn for =sigu= (because the =i= in
=sihu= would hav becum =aí=) which may also belong to a masculin
(nom. sg. =*sigus= = OHG. sigu). But cp. J. Schmidt, 'Idg. Neutra',
153.
NOTE 2. The gen. =faíháus= has been inferd from the m. (f.) and
from the adv. gen. =filaus= (§ 131, n. 3).