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Se '''nemniendlica cásus''' ([[Níwe Englisc geþéode|Níwe Englisc]]: ''nominative case'') is [[declínung|grammatisc cásus]] for namum. Sume wríteras on Níwum Englisce brúcaþ éac þæt word '''subjective cásus''' for nemniendlicne, in order to draw attention to the differences between the "standard" generic nominative and the way it is used in níwum Englisce.
Se nemniendlica mearcaþ, generally, þá forþsetennesse sumes wordes. Nemniendlice cásas sind gefundene in [[Lǽden geþéodesprǽc|Lǽden]] and [[Englisc geþéodesprǽc|Ealdum Englisce]], ongemang óðrum geþéodumsprǽcum. Englisc hæfþ stillgíet retainssume some nominativenemniendlice [[pronounbínama]]sn, asefenámeten opposedmid to theþǽm [[accusativewregendlic casecásus|wregendlicum cáse]] oroþþ [[obliquegebíeged cásus|gebíegdum casecáse]]: ''ic'' (accusativewregendlic ''mec''), ''wé'' (accusativewregendlic ''úsic''), ''hé'' (accusativewregendlic ''hine''), ''héo'' (accusativewregendlic ''híe'') and ''gé'' (accusative ''éowic''). AnOn archaicEnglisce usagehabbaþ iswé theéac singular''[[þú]]'', second-personse pronounóðeres háda bínama (wregendlic ''þec'') and manigfealdlic ''[[thougé]]'' (accusativewregendlic ''thee[[éowic]]''). ASyndriglíce specialspricþ caseman isþára the wordbínamena ''you[[wit]]'': Originally(wregendlic ''ye[[uncit]]'' was its nominative form) and ''you[[git]]'' the accusative, but over time(wregendlic ''you[[incit]]''), has come to be usedhwonne forman thespricþ nominativeymbe astwégen wellmenn.
These nominativenemniendlica casecásus is theþæt usualgewunelice, naturalcynde formansíen (more technically, the ''least marked'') of certain parts of speechdǽlas, such as nouns, adjectives, pronouns and less frequently numerals and participles, and sometimes does not indicate any special relationship with other parts of speech. Therefore, in some languages the nominative case is unmarked, thatþæt is, the nominative word is the base form or stem, with no flexion. Moreover, in most languages with a nominative case, the nominative form is the one used to cite a word, to list it as a dictionary entry, etcasf.
''Séo [[Morphosyntactic alignment]].''
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