masc.
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M = Mercian. m. = masculine. ms., mp., etc. = masc. sing., masc. plur., etc.
From A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall
Thus masc. -o- stems show palatal modification, e.g. corn, “horn,” plur. cyrn < *kornī; the plural ending of -u- stems, O. Gaulish -oves, gives O.W. -ou, Mid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The few fem. nouns of this declension take the masc. terminations.
From Greek in a Nutshell by James Strong
In Adjectives beginning with a Labial or a Palatal, the aspirated form alone is used in the gen. and voc. sing. masc. the nom. dat. and voc. sing. feminine.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
I retain our vulgar "Houri," warning the reader that it is a masc. for a fem.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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