Niw Englisc/Adjectives

Adjectives are the words that describe nouns. A Book becomes a red book or an old book. In Niw Englisch, adjectives agree with their noun in number, gender, and case.

Strong Declension
Examples:
 * blind girl - blind Mæȝden (nominative singular)
 * old woman - alde Frowe (nominative/accusative singular)
 * young boy's book - Bok ȝunges Kniȝhtes (genitive singular)

Weak Declension
The weak declension is found after the articles a/an and the
 * the blind boy - þat blinde Kniȝht
 * with the green book - mid þer grœnen Bok

Comparisons
All adjectives, regardless of word length or origin, add -er and -est in the comparative and superlative forms. Some umlaut, and some have irregular stems, though.

Umlauting Adjectives

 * ald, ælder, ældest - old
 * arm, ærmer, ærmst - poor
 * brad, bræder, brædest - broad
 * ferr, fierrer, fierrst - far
 * great, grietter, griettst - great
 * ȝung, ȝynger, ȝyngst - young
 * hard, hærder, hærdst - hard
 * heaȝh, hierr-, hieȝhst - high
 * lang, længer, længst - long, tall
 * naȝh, nierr, nieȝhst - near/nigh
 * schort, schœrter, schœrtst - short
 * soft, sœfter, sœftest - soft
 * strang, strænger, strængst - strong
 * swot, swœter, swœtst - sweet
 * sur, syrer, syrst - sour
 * wak, wæker, wækst - weak