2.8 G. Stephens, 



NÅGON is n. m. f. sing, nagher; n. uaghit, naghith, nagath; g. 

 m. f. naghers; d. m. n. naghrom, nagrom; f. naghra; ac. m. naghan, 

 naghen, nagen; f. naghra, naghre, noghro; n. naghat, uaghet, naghith, 

 naghit. — • PL n. m. f. naghra; n. nagher; d. naghrom; ac. m. f. naghra, 

 nagra, noghra; n. nagher, nogher. 



SJELF is n. sing, sj^älffwer ; d. m. syalftVon, syälwe; ac. m. syäl- 

 wan, syältfvvan; f. syälfFwe, syältfvva. — PL d. syalffwom, syalffvvon; ac. 

 syalfFwa. 



The now uncommon Pron. HO, in »Svenska Tideboken» HUO, HWO, 

 HOO, (Old-EngL and. Swed. Runic HWA) is HWAR. 



HWILKEN is n. m. f. sing, holkjai, hwylkin; n. hvvilkith; g. hwil- 

 kens; ac. f. holka, liwilka, hwilken; n. hwylkith. — PL n. liolka; d. 

 hwilkom; ac. m. f. hwilka, holka; n. hwilken. 



DYLIK is n. m. ï. sing, tolkyn, tolkin; n. tolkyth, tolkith; ac. m. 

 tulkan, tolkan, tolkin; f. tulka, tolka; n. tolkith. tolkyth, tulkith, tolgith, 

 tolgyth. — PL d. tolkom, tolkon; ac. m. f. tolka; n. tolkyn. 



SÅDAN is SWA DANE undeclined, and often used absolutely, as: 

 ath swa dane-giors; sometimes there is a kind of declension: masc. swa 

 dana truldom ; fem. swa dano menniskio. 



There is only one Relative, SOM, SAxAI. The older ER (= AS, IS, 

 ES) is dead. The incoming THER (DER) is absent. But the relative 

 can be understood: Moth swa dane mennisker görs yngha lundh behoff 

 honom [som] naghra godh gerning gör fäktha eller beskerma syth rykthe, 

 ch. 50; holka helszth = hwilka [SOM] helst, eh. 50. ' 



We have the wellknown slurring of the R: wan = waRn, vdi-; hwan 

 = liwaRn, hvarje; hwath = hwaRth, hvarje. 



Verbs. — The Infin. is in A, but also in Å and E. — The usual 

 person-endings are very instructive, from the »violent» intermixture of 

 old and debased forms: 



Pres. Ind. s. 1. — 



— ar, är, er, ir, r. 

 » » » 2. — 



