from the Exeter Book

Longað þonne þy læs þe him con leoþa worn,
oþþe mid hondum con hearpan gretan;
hafaþ him his gliwes giefe, þe him god sealde.

Quoted from the Exeter Book by JRRT in a letter to his son Christopher, 8 January 1944. Tolkien’s translation: “Less doth yearning trouble him who knoweth many songs, or with his hands can touch the harp: his possession is his gift of ‘glee’ (=music and/or verse) which God gave him.”

Masculine A-Stems (singular)

stān stone, dæg day, weal wall, mearh horse

Sing. Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative, Instrumental

N.A. stān, G. stānes, D.I. stāne

N.A. dæg, G. dæges, D.I. dæge

N.A. weal, G. wealles, D.I. wealle

N.A. mearh, G. mēares, D.I. mēare