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20. The 0-declension (which includes the stems in -jo and -wo) represents the inflection of the greater number of the masculine and the neuter nouns.

21. (a) Monosyllabic themes : stān, stone; dæg, day; weal(1), wall; mearh, horse.

22. (b) Dissyllabic themes: ēðel, property; ęngel, angel; heofon, heaven; fugol, bird.

23. (1) In the inflection of dissyllabic themes, when the radical syllable is long, the (short) middle vowel is