The numeral

Old English had a system of numerals of common Indo-European origin. Derived numerals have suffixes that, in phonetically modified form, are found in present-day English, the numerals twd and (Me had three genders, cardinal numerals from 1 to 4 might be declined (much simpler than Ukrainian declension of all numerals without exception) and numerals from 20 to 100 were formed by placing units first, and then tens.

Cardinal

Numerals from 1 to 3 are declined.

Numerals from 4 to 19 are usually invariable, if used as attributes to a substantive, but they are declined if used without a sub­stantive. Numerals denoting tens have their genitive in - es or in -a, -ra, their dative in - um.

1 —the numeral an is declined as a strong adjective

2 — Masculine Nom. twe Z en Gen. Dat. Acc. tweZen	Neuter tu, twa tweZea, tweZra twæm, twam tu, twa	Feminine twa twa
4 — feower 16 — 5 —fif 17 — 6 — siex, six, syx 18 — 7 — seofon, siofon, 19 — syofn 20 — 8 — eahta 9 — niZon 30 — 10 — tien, tyn, ten 40 — 11— endlefan 50 — 12 —twelf 60 — 13 — þriotiene, -tyne 70 — 14 — feowertiene 80 — 15 — fiftiene	16 – siextlene 17 – siofontiene 18 – eahtatiene 19 – niZontiene 20 – twentiZ < tweZentiZ 30 – Þritig 40 – feowertiZ 50 – fiftiZ 60 – siextiZ, sixtiZ 70 – hundsiotontiZ 80 – hundeahtatiZ 90 – hundniZontiZ	100 — hundteontiZ, hund, hundred 110—hundaslleftiZ 120—hundtwelftiZ 200—tu hund 300—Þreo hund l000—Þusend 2000 — tu Þusendu

Numerals from 13 to 19 receive ending –tiene; numerals from 20 to 90 receive ending -tiZ

The word 'both' begen, bu, ba is declined in the same way as twegen, tu, twa.

Numbers consisting of tens and units are denoted in the follow­ing way: 22 twa. and twentig, 48 eahta and feowertig.

The pronoun sum 'some' is sometimes used in a meaning close to the articles as in the sentence: wæs sum bro Þ or '(there) was a (certain) brother'

Þ a stod him sum man aet Þ urh swefn 'then (there) stood a (certain) man near him in his dream'.

Mostly, however, a substantive in an indefinite application is not accompanied by any determinative, as in the "sentence he wæ s swyÞe spediZ man 'he was a very rich man'.

Ordinal

The ordinal numerals, with the exception are declined as weak adjectives. The word oÞer –as a strong adjective.

1 – forma, fyresta 2 –other, aefterra 3 – Þridda, Þirda 4 – feorÞa 5 – fifta 6 – siexta, sixta, syxta 7 – siofoÞa 8 – eahtoÞa 9 – nigoÞa 10 –teoÞa

11 – endlefta 12 – twelfta 13 – DreoteoDa 14 – feowerteoDa 15 – fifteoDa 16 – sixteoDa 17 – siofonteoDa 18 – eahtateoDa 19 – nigonteoDa 20 – twentiZoDa

30 – ÞrittigoDa 40 – feowertiZoDa 50 – fiftiZoDa 60 – siextiZoDa 70 – hundslofontiZoDa 80 – hundeahtatiZoDa 90 – hundnigontiZoDa 100 – hundteontiZoDa 110 – hundaelleftiZoDa 120 – hundtwelftiZoDa

Numerals 5^th and 6^th receive ending –ta; numerals from 7 to 10 – Þa.

Numerals from 13 to 19 receive ending –teoDa; from 20 to 120 – tiZoDa

Numerals containing both tens and units are expressed in the following way: 22nd — twa and twentiZoDa or oÞer eac twentiZum;

48th — eahta and feortiZoDa or eahtoDa eac feowertiZum.

OE VERB

The system of oe verb was less developed than it is now, it had fewer forms, and its categories were somewhat different from the similar categories in present day English.

Still its paradigm was fairly complicated, as all the verbs fell into numerous morphological classes and employed a variety of form building means. the form-building devices were gradation (vowel interchange), the use of suffixes, inflections, and suppletion. Inflections, however, were also present when other ways were employed, so we can say that the ways of forming paradigmatic forms were - inflections combined with vowel interchange or suppletion, or pure inflection.

All the paradigmatic forms of the verb were synthetic. There were also lexical structures with non-finite forms of the verb rendering some grammatical meanings (later developed into analytical forms).

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