Strong declension ʒōd man(n) ‘good man’

Weak declension se ʒōda man(n) ‘the good man’

The declension of the adjective ʒōd (good) in the singular:

Strong declension Weak declension

M F N M F N

N. ʒōd ʒōd ʒōd ʒōda ʒōde ʒōde

G. ʒōdes ʒōdre ʒōdes ʒōdan ʒōdan ʒōdan

D. ʒōdum ʒōdre ʒōdum ʒōdan ʒōdan ʒōdan

Ac. ʒōdne ʒōde ʒōd ʒōdan ʒōdan ʒōde

I. ʒōde ʒōde

As far as the comparison of adjectives was concerned, adjectives were compared by adding –ra for the comparative of superiority and –est /-ost for the relative superlative: ʒlæd -ʒlædra -ʒlædost

As in other Indo-European languages the comparison of certain adjectives was based on different roots, forming suppletive ³ systems:

e.g. ʒōd – betra –betst (good –better – best)

yfel – wyrsa –wyrst (evil/bad – worse – worst)

micel – mara – mæst (much – more – most)

Diachronic view of the English grammar