The nouns were declined much as in Greek and Latin; the verbs were conjugated in somewhat the same way as in modern French.
Every noun had gender expressed in its form.
The following examples will give a sufficient idea of the commoner forms of declension in the classical West Saxon of the time of AElfred.

The pronunciation has already been briefly explained in the preface.
SING.

PLUR.
(1.) _Nom._ stan (_a stone_).

_Nom._ stanas.
_Gen._ stanes.

_Gen._ stana.
_Dat._ stane.