A fork, gafol, was a woman; a spoon, laefel, was a man; and the table they were on, bord, was neither, also called neuter.
Вилка — <i>gafol</i> — была женского рода, ложка —<i>laefel</i> — мужского, а стол. на котором они лежат —<i>bord</i> — причисляли к среднему роду.