xxxii AN O r/TLINE OF ANGL O- -SAXON GRAMMAR. MINOR DECLENSIONS. THE r-DECLBNSION. (S. § 285.) 48. Themes (nouns of relationship): fæder, father; inōdor, mother; brōðor, brother; sweostor, sister; doh- tor, daughter. S. N.A. fæder mōdor, -ur, -er brojfor,-ur,-er G. fæder, -(e)res inōdor (mēder) brōffor D.I. fseder mēder(13, brēðer(13, a) P. N.A. fæd(e)ras mōdru, -a brōffor, -Sru G. fæd(e)ra mōdra brōffra D.I. fæd(e)rum mōdrum brōðrum S. N.A. sweostor. -ur, -er dohtor, -ur, -er ' G. sweostor dohtor (dehter) D.I. sweostor dohtor, dehter (13, d) P. N.A. sweostor, -tru, -tra dohtor, -tru, -tra G. sweostra dohtra D.I. sweostrum dohtrum The datives mēder, dehter (which are sometimes transferred into the genitive) exhibit umlaut of the radical vowel (mēder < *mðdri ;• dehter < *dohtri). sweostor also becomes swpster, swuster (19), swyster. Here belong also the collective plurals gebrōðor, brethren, gesweostor, sisters. THE nd-DECLENSION. (S. §286.) 49. Themes: frēond, friend; hęttend, enemy. S. N.A. frēond hęttend G. frēondes hęttendes D.I. friend (13,/), frēonde hęttende P. N.A. friend, frēond, frēoudas hęttend, -das, -de G-. frēonda hęttendra D.I. frēonduni • hęttendura