Xxviii AW OUTLINE OF ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR.
					Some of the more common jā-stems- are : wound; blīðs, bliss, bliss; brycg, bridge; hyrgen, tomb; co.nd.el, candle; ęcg, edge; gīemen, care; gyden, god' dess; hell, hell; hild, battle; līðs, liss, favor; milds, milts, mercy; sciell, scyll, shell j synn, sin; wynn, joy; ŷð, wave. Wā-SlEMS. 37. Themes: stow, place; beadu, battle; lāēs, pas- ture; mæd, meadow.
		S.N. stow beadu læs mæd • G. D.I. A. stōwe stōwe stōwe beadwe beadwe beadw^e læs(w)e lāēs(w)e māid(w)e mæd(w)e mēēd(w)e, (n, P.N.A. G. D.I. stðwa, -e stōwa stōwum beadwa, -e beadwa beadwum læs(-w)a, -e læs(w)a mǽd(w)a, -e mǽd(w)a
				Here belong also hrēow, repentance ; trēow, faithful- ness; nearu, distress; the plurals frætwa, -e, geatwa, -e, getāwa, -e, ornaments, arms; anð. ēa, water (<*ahu, 18, Note 2; Goth, ahwa), gen. sg. ēa (ēas, īe), dat. sg. ēa (īe, ēi), ace. sg. ēa; nom. ace. pi. ēa (ēan); dat. pi. ēaum (earn). There is also a trace of this declension in the nom. ace. pi. clēa, clēo, dat. pi. clēam (clam), claws. NOTE. — A parasitic vowel, u, o, or e, may be developed before w: bead(u)we, bead(o)we, near(o)we, geat(e)we, etc. (of. 32, Note).
			THE i-DECLĒNSION. (S. §§261-269.) 38. The i-declension includes nouns of all genders, but it has been much affected by the adoption of case- endings of the o-declension.