Old English Grammar

7A: Cases in Strong Masculine and Neuter Nouns

Use this deck of flashcards to practice your recognition and production skills for endings and demonstratives in strong masculine and neuter nouns. Try it a couple of times giving the gender, case and number (e.g. masculine accusative singular) and a couple of times giving the translation (e.g. of the king).


Four nouns are used: cyning (king) and stan (stone), which are strong masculine nouns, and scip (ship) and word (word, utterance), which are strong neuters.

se stan
masculine nominative singular
the stone (subject)
þone stan
masculine accusative singular
the stone (object)
þæs stanes
masculine genitive singular
of the stone
þæm stane
masculine dative singular
to or for the stone
þa stanas
masculine nominative or accusative plural
the stones (subject or object)
þara stana
masculine genitive plural
of the stones
þæm stanum
masculine dative plural
to or for the stones
þæt scip
neuter nominative or accusative singular
the ship (subject or object)
þæs scipes
neuter genitive singular
of the ship
þæm scipe
neuter dative singular
to or for the ship
þa scipu
neuter nominative or accusative plural
the ships (subject or object)
þara scipa
neuter genitive plural
of the ships
þæm scipum
neuter dative plural
to or for the ships
þæt word
neuter nominative or accusative singular
the word (subject or object)
þæs wordes
neuter genitive singular
of the word
þæm worde
neuter dative singular
to or for the word
þa word
neuter nominative or accusative plural
the words (subject or object)
þara worda
neuter genitive plural
of the words
þæm wordum
neuter dative plural
to or for the words
se cyning
masculine nominative singular
the king (subject)
þone cyning
masculine accusative singular
the king (object)
þæs cyninges
masculine genitive singular
of the king
þæm cyninge
masculine dative singular
to or for the king
þa cyningas
masculine nominative or accusative plural
the kings (subject or object)
þara cyninga
masculine genitive plural
of the kings
þæm cyningum
masculine dative plural
to or for the kings