Nouns and Articles

Nouns function the same way in þeodisch as they do in Modern English, however, because of the spelling changes and slightly different forms of certain nouns (such as professions), they may appear alien.

Plural Nouns
Regular plural nouns are formed by adding -(i)s to the end of each noun.

Hound-->hounds = haund-->haunds
Book-->books = buk-->buks

Irregular plural nouns are formed the same way as Modern English but with phonetic endings.

Child-->children = cyld-->cildrin
Ox-->oxen = åks-->åksin

Possessive Nouns
Possessive nouns are formed the same in English, retaining the appostrophie for historical value(which is a contraction of the archaic possessive ending -es, used in the Old and Middle English periods).

The man's car.--> Ðe mæn's kaar.
I went to my cusin's house.--> Y went tu my kusin's haus.

Profession Nouns
Profession nouns are nouns that show what a person is or does. In Modern English, these are usually formed by the endings -er, -ess, -ette, or -ist. In þeodisch, only the -er and -ess forms are used.

For professions in which the practitioner is a male, use -ur.
male singer- singur
male teacher- tiecur

For professions in which the practitioner is a female, use -ur+ess
female singer- singuress
male teacher- tiecuress

I am aware that this differs from Modern English, but it employs a common, current Germanic convention to distinguish between the sexes carrying out a certain job.

Definite Articles
Definite articles are the same as Modern English, which no changes. Phonetic spelling is not applied here because of historical value and modern Germanic conventions. This word is pronounced as in Modern English, either with the 'uh' sound or the 'ee' sound.

the house- ðe haus
the angel- ðe eencgul

Indefinite Articles
Indefinite articles are the same as in Modern English, but with a certain unphonetic change.

In order to draw parallels between the article forms 'a' and 'an,' the spelling is constant throughout even though this spelling does not phonetically represent the words. The article 'a' is pronounced as it is in Modern English ('uh' or 'ay') even though the spelling does not reflect this.

a house- æ haus
an angel- æn eencgul