Mǣst westernera Europeiscra sprǣca habbað grēate gedōna efena gebīgednisse, synderlice naman declensunge. In gedāl, Īslendisc stōwað fēower-cāsusa tōgædresetlic stæfcræfte efenametendlice mid Germaniscre. Hit is ungehýðe þā stæfcræfte Īslendiscre tō efenmetenne mid þǣm þāra weriendrera Baltiscre, Slaviscre, and Indiscre sprǣca þæs Indo-Europeiscan hīredes, þāra manig stōwað syx oððe māran cāsus, elcor tō mearcienne þæt Īslendisc wīdre rǣwe unefenra declensunga hīe īermeð. Īslendisc āg ēac maniga bisna forðgelangra cāsusa wiðūtan ǣnig ricsiende word, swǣswā in Lǣdene. Tō bisne, manig þāra mislīcra Lǣdenra ætbregdendlicra hafað andsprecendne Īslendiscne forgifendlicne. Hūru, ofsegen of hīre mōtiendum strēonum, þā wundorlice behealdsōcne þǣre Īslandiscre sprǣce and hīre becumende nēah-samnis tō Ealdre Norscre (sēo is sprǣcwitum Ealde Īslandisce efenweorðlice nemned) mǣneð þæt, tō hira wynne, andwearde Islenderas Edda sæcge ēaðe rǣdan cunnon, swǣswā oðere classisce Ealde Norsce bōccræftlice weorc in þām tīeðan þurh þrīetīeðan hundum wintra gescapen.