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 ====Definite Article====
 Definiteness is shown via a cliticized definite article on the end of a noun. This definite article inflects for gender, case, and number.
+{| class="wikitable"
+!
+!Common
+!Neuter
+|-
+! colspan="3" |Singular
+|-
+!Nominative
+| rowspan="2" |-(e)n
+| rowspan="2" |-(e)t
+|-
+!Accusative
+|-
+!Dative
+|<nowiki>-inem</nowiki>
+|<nowiki>-ine</nowiki>
+|-
+!Genitive
+| colspan="2" |-(e)ns*
+|-
+! colspan="3" |Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+|<nowiki>-nar</nowiki>
+| rowspan="2" |-(e)n
+|-
+!Accusative
+|<nowiki>-ne</nowiki>
+|-
+!Dative
+| colspan="2" |-nem**
+|-
+!Genitive
+| colspan="2" |-nne
+|}
+<nowiki>*</nowiki>In nouns who end in a vowel in the nominative, the “-s” ending is overridden by the “-ns” definite article; ergo, the words “fryð'''is'''”, “hag'''es'''” and “zebr'''as'''” have definite counterparts “fryð'''ins'''”, “hag'''ens'''” and “zebr'''ans'''” respectively, rather than “*fryðisins”, “*hagesens” and “*zebrasens”
+<nowiki>**</nowiki>The dative plural article also overrides the final “-m” of the dative plural noun form; ergo, the word “hest'''em'''” (dat. pl. of hester “horse”) has the definite counterpart “hest'''enem'''”, rather than the expected *hestemnem.
 ===Adjectives===