Most strong nouns
end in a cons. in the nom. sg.
40. *Cases*. There are four cases--nominative, accusative,
dative, genitive. All nouns (except a few contractions) have the
gen. pl. in _-a_ (_fiska_, of fishes), and the dat. pl. in _-um_
(_fiskum_). All strong masculines (_fiskr_) and some strong
feminines (_br?«?°r_, bride) take _r_[5] in the nom. sg. Most strong
feminines show the bare root in the nom. sg. with _u_-mutation,
if possible (_??st_, favour, _f?«r_, journey). The nom. pl. of all
strong masc. and fem. nouns ends in _r_ (_fiskar_, _??stir_). The
acc. pl. of fem. nouns is the same as the nom. pl. (_??stir_).
The acc. pl. of masc. strong nouns always ends in a vowel
(_fiska_). The plur. nom. and acc. of neuters is the same as the
sing. nom. and acc., except that in the plur. nom. and acc. they
take _u_-mutation, if possible (_h?«s_, houses, _l?«nd_, lands).
[Footnote 5: Subject, of course, to the assimilations described
above.]
41. The declensions are most conveniently distinguished by the
acc.
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