The Old and Middle English.
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| Old English. | Peterborough Chronicle. |
| Ðreô | ðre |
| Æne | ænes (once) |
| Twîwa | twiges (twice) |
| Feôwer | fower (four) |
| Feawa | feuna (few) |
| Oðer | an oþre (another) |
| Swâ hwâ swâ | hwa swa (whoso) |
| Hund | hundred |
| Nán | nun |
| Seofoða | seoueþende (seventh) |
| Þanon | thenen (thence) |
| Þisne | this |
| Betweox | Betwix |
| Onmang | Amang |
| Forþi | þærfore |
| Sóna | son (soon) |
In Nouns the Dative Plural in um has long vanished; there is a general break-up of case-endings; and the Nominative Plural in as (now es) is swallowing up all the other Declensions. The Definite and Indefinite forms of Adjectives were jumbled together, and the agreement of their cases with those of Substantives was no longer heeded.
| Seolfer | becomes | siluer |
| Suná | " | sunes (sons) |
| Naman | " | nam (name) |
| Hlaford[1] | " | lauerd (lord) |
| Leoht | " | liht |
| Heáfod | " | heafed (head) |
| Munecan | " | muneces (monks) |
| Hus | " | huses (houses) |
- ↑ The h before another consonant now begins to drop, in theapproved Anglian fashion.
