_Modor_, mother; _faeder_, father; _dohtor_, daughter.

_Sunu_, son; _wudu_, wood; _caru_, care; _denu_, dene (valley).

_Scip_, ship; _cild_, child; _ceorl_, churl; _cynn_, kin; _ceald_, cold.

Wherever a word has not become wholly obsolete, or assumed a new termination, (_e.g._, _gifu_, gift; _morgen_, morn-ing), it usually follows one or other of these analogies.
The changes which the English language, as a whole, has undergone in passing from its earlier to its later form, may best be considered under the two heads of form and matter.
As regards form or structure, the language has been simplified in three separate ways.

First, the nouns and adjectives have for the most part lost their inflexions, at least so far as the cases are concerned.
Secondly, the nouns have also lost their gender.