Indefinite forms
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ʒōd man – добрый человек (вообще)
ʒōd cwene – добрая женщина (вообще)
lytel bearn – маленький ребенок (вообще)
| sē ʒōd man добрый человек (данный)
se̅o ʒōde cwene добрая женщина (данная)
sē lytele bearn маленький ребенок (данный)
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strong declension
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| Neut
| Fem
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| N.
| sceort
| sceort
| sceort
| G.
| sceort-es
| sceort
| sceort-re
| D.
| scert-um
| sceort-um
| sceort-re
| Acc.
| sceort-ne
| sceort
| sceort
| Inst
| sceort-e
| sceort-e
| sceort-re
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| pl.
| N.
| sceort-e
| sceort
| sceort-a
| G.
| sceort-ra
| sceort-ra
| sceort-ra
| D.
| sceort-um
| sceort-um
| sceort-um
| Acc.
| sceort-e
| sceort
| sceort-a
| Inst
| sceort-um
| sceort-um
| sceort-um
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| Masc
| Neut
| Fem
| sceort-a
| sceort-e
| sceort-e
| sceort-an
| sceort-an
| sceort-an
| sceort-an
| sceort-an
| sceort-an
| sceort-an
| sceort-e
| sceort-an
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| sceort-an
| sceort-an
| sceort-an
| sceort-ra
| sceort-ra
| sceort-ra
| sceort-um
| sceort-um
| sceort-um
| sceort-an
| sceort-an
| sceort-an
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The VERB System in Old English
The number of grammatical categories of the verb in Old English was not great (four categories), but its paradigm had a complicated structure: verbs fell into numerous morphological classes and employed a variety of form-building means. All the forms of the verb were synthetic, as analytical forms were only beginning to appear.