§ 111. The feminins of the =n=-declension ar divided into two classes:
stems in =-ôn-= and =-ein-=. Their inflection is the same. Paradims:
=tuggô=, _tung_; =managei=, _multitude_.
Sing. N. =tuggô= =managei=
G. =tuggôns= =manageins=
D. =tuggôn= =managein=
A. =tuggôn= =managein=
Plur. N. =tuggôns= =manageins=
G. =tuggônô= =manageinô=
D. =tuggôm= =manageim=
A. =tuggôns= =manageins=
§ 112. Like =tuggô= inflect many substantivs; as, =qinô=, _woman_,
_wife_; =ûhtwô=, _dawn_; =swaíhrô=, _mother-in-law_; =azgô=, _ashes_;
=gatwô=, _street_; =staírnô=, _star_; =wikô=, _week_; =sunnô=, _sun_
(cp. § 110, n. 2); --=arbjô=, _heiress_; =brunjô=, _brestplate_;
=tainjô=, _basket_; =niþjô=, _female cuzin_; =raþjô=, _account_.
NOTE 1. Also the feminins of the weak adjectivs inflect like
=tuggô= (§ 132).
§ 113. Nearly all substantivs inflecting like =managei= ar derived
from adjectivs. Such an abstract in =-ei= may be formd from every
adjectiv, hense the great number of these words; e. g., =diupei=,
_depth_; =laggei=, _length_; =bleiþei=, _mercy_; =mikilei=,
_greatness_; =braidei=, _bredth_; =frôdei=, _wisdom_; =hardu-haírtei=,
_hard-hartedness_; =drugkanei=, _drunkenness_; sum can not be referd
to corresponding adjs., but they likewise denote a state; e. g.,
=þaúrstei=, _thirst_; =magaþei=, _maidenhood_. But very few hav
a concrete meaning; as, =aiþei=, _mother_; =þramstei=, _locust_;
=kilþei=, _womb_; =marei=, _sea_; =ƕaírnei=, _skul_.
NOTE 1. There is a close resemblance between adjectival abstracts
in =-ei= and the verbal abstracts in =-eins= (cp. § 103, n.
1); e. g., =háuhei=, _height_ (< =háuhs=), but =háuheins=, _a
heightening_, _praise_ (< =háuhjan=). Both hav the acc. sg.
=háuhein=.
In one case there is confusion. In Jo. X, 33 we meet with a gen.
sg. =wajamêreins= (nom. =wajamêreins=, _blasfemy_) from which it is
customary to infer a nom. =wajamêrei=, tho in its meaning such a
form is impossibl.
NOTE 2. In Cod. B. three nominativs sg. in =-ein= ar found:
=liuhadein=, _illumination_; II. Cor. IV, 4 (=liuhadeins= in A;
comp. this passage in Bernhardt's 'Vulfila'); =wiljahalþein=,
_favor_; Col. III, 25 (wanting in A); =gagudein=, _piety_; I. Tim.
IV, 8 (=gagudei= in A).
NOTE 3. The comparativs, the superlativs in =-ma=, and the prs.
participls form their feminin like =managei= (cp. § 132, n. 4).