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C. Alphonso Smith, Old English Grammar, Chapter IX, § 51. Canonical source form: hǫnd

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hǫnd

Feminine u-Stem (long)

FOCUSED PRACTICE · 1 PARADIGM · 8 FORMS

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Singular → Plural
Each Nom. → Acc. → Gen. → Dat.

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hǫnd — Feminine u-Stem (long)

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The u-Declension (Masculine and Feminine)

Historical Grammar

NOTE.—Note the general aversion of all O.E. long stems to final –u: cf. N.A. plural hof-u, but bearn, bān; N. singular gief-u, but wund, rōd; N. singular fręm-u, but cwēn, wyrt; N.A. singular sun-u, dur-u, but feld, hǫnd.

Masculine u-Stems.

Paradigms of sē sun-u, son; sē feld, field:

Feminine u-Stems.

Paradigms of sēo dur-u, door; sēo hǫnd, hand:

Paradigms of sē sun-u, son; sē feld, field:

Paradigms of sēo dur-u, door; sēo hǫnd, hand:

The u-Declension: Masculine u-Stems — Smith Chapter IX
Case	sē sun-u son	sē feld field
Sing.
N.A.	sun-u	feld
G.	sun-a	feld-a (es)
D.I.	sun-a	feld-a (e)
Plur.
N.A.	sun-a	feld-a (as)
G.	sun-a	feld-a
D.I.	sun-um	feld-um

The u-Declension: Feminine u-Stems — Smith Chapter IX
Case	sēo dur-u door	sēo hǫnd hand
Sing.
N.A.	dur-u	hǫnd
G.	dur-a	hǫnd-a
D.I.	dur-a	hǫnd-a
Plur.
N.A.	dur-a	hǫnd-a
G.	dur-a	hǫnd-a
D.I.	dur-um	hǫnd-um

Loquentes Practice Reference

Our drill practices sunu (masculine) and duru (feminine). Smith §51 is cross-referenced in the vocabulary for medu, a u-stem.