A fork, gafol, was a woman; a spoon, laefel, was a man; and the table they were on, bord, was neither, also called neuter.
"Fork" — "gafol" — era feminino; "spoon" — "laefel" — era masculino; e "table" — "bord" — onde os pousávamos, não era nem uma coisa nem outra, era neutro.