1. Old English
Pétur Knútsson 2005
Adjectives

2. Old English adjectives can be weak or strong.
Week and strong adjectival declensions: one of the Germanic innovations.
Often called “Definite” and “Indefinite” declensions

3. STRONG WEAK
ein guter Mann der gute Mann
góður maður góði maðurinn
án gód man se góda man

4. Declensions and conjugations:
Nouns, adjectives and pronouns (i.e. all nominals) are said to decline; they are grouped into declensions according to how they decline.
Verbs conjugate, and are grouped into conjugations.
These are the traditional terms used in Latin grammars: declinare ‘bend, inflect’, and conjugare ‘join together’.

5. The weak ande strong declensions of adjectives are similar in form to the weak and strong declensions of nouns.

6. m n f n-s a-s d-s g-s n-p a-p d-p g-p
STRONG
WEAK m n f
n-s
gód
góda
góde
a-s
gódne
gódan
d-s
gódum
gódre
g-s
gódes
n-p
a-p
d-p
g-p
gódra
gódena

7. m n f n-s a-s d-s g-s n-p a-p d-p g-p
STRONG
WEAK m n f
n-s
góður
gott
góð
góði
góða
a-s
góðan
góðu
d-s
góðum
góðri
g-s
góðss
góðs
góðrar
n-p
góðir
góðar
a-p
d-p
g-p
góðra

8. STRONG WEAK þæt wæs gód cyning ymb gódne cyning tó ánum gódum cyninge
ánes gódes cyninges ríce
se góda cyning
ymb þone gódan cyning
tó þǽm gódan cyninge
þæs gódan cyninges ríce
Sometimes in poetry without pronominal support:

9. Áhléop þá se gomela, Gode þancode,
mihtigan Dryhtne, þæs se man gespræc.
Béowulf