A Guide to Old English, eds. Bruce Mitchell and Fred C. Robinsion, 5th edition (Oxford: Blackwell, 1992)OR Bruce Mitchell, An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford: Blackwell, 1995)
singular |
plural |
| se scyldiga cyning (nom)
the guilty king |
þa scyldigan cyningas (nom)
the guilty kings |
| þone scyldigan cyning (acc)
the guilty king |
þa scyldigan cyningas (acc)
the guilty kings |
| þæs scyldigan cyninges (gen)
of the guilty king |
þara scyldigra/-ena cyninga (gen)
of the guilty kings |
| þæm scyldigan cyninge (dat)
to/for/with the guilty king |
þæm scyldigum cyningum (dat)
to/for/with the guilty kings |
| þæt micle wæl (nom) | þa miclan wælu (nom) |
| þæt micle wæl (acc) | þa miclan wælu (acc) |
| þæs miclan wæles (gen) | þæra miclena wæla (gen) |
| þæm miclan wæle (dat) | þæm miclum wælum (dat) |
| sio cearfule sawol (nom) | þa cearfulan sawla (nom) |
| þa cearfulan sawle (acc) | þa cearfulan sawla (acc) |
| þære cearfulan sawle (gen) | þæra cearfulra/-ena sawlena (gen) |
| þære cearfulan sawle (dat) | þæm cearfulum sawlum (dat) |
| mihtig rinc (nom) | mihtige rincas (nom) |
| mihtigne rinc (acc) | mihtige rincas (acc) |
| mihtiges rinces (gen) | mihtigra rinca (gen) |
| mihtigum rince (dat) | mihtigum rincum (dat) |
| wac mod (nom) | wacu mod (nom) |
| wac mod (acc) | wacu mod (acc) |
| waces modes (gen) | wacra moda (gen) |
| wacum mode (dat) | wacum modum (dat) |
| grimu beadu (nom) | grime/-a beadwa (nom) |
| grime beadwe (acc) | grime/-a beadwa (acc) |
| grimre beadwe (gen) | grimra beadwena (gen) |
| grimre beadwe (dat) | grimum beadwum (dat) |
- normally the comparative is formed by adding ‘-ra’ and the
superlative by adding ‘-ost.’
eg. halig (holy) haligra (holier)
haligost (holiest)
- some comparative and superlative forms are irregular, like their
modern English equivalents.
eg. god (good) betera / selra (better)
betst / selest (best)
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