 The "-s" ending in the masculine plural was preserved in the coastal dialects, as can be seen in the Hebban Olla Vogalla text where "nestas" is used instead of "nesta".Later on, the "-s" ending entered Hollandic dialects and became part of the modern standard language.During the Old Dutch period, the distinction between the feminine "ō"-stems and "ōn"-stems began to disappear, when endings of one were transferred to the other declension and vice versa, as part of a larger process in which the distinction between the strong and weak inflection was being lost not only in feminine nouns but also in adjectives.