Historical Grammar
79. The strong adjectives are chiefly monosyllabic with long stems: gōd, good; eald, old; lǫng, long; swift, swift. They are declined as follows.
80. Paradigm of gōd, good:
| Case | Masculine. | Feminine. | Neuter. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sing. | |||
| N. | gōd | gōd | gōd |
| G. | gōdes | gōdre | gōdes |
| D. | gōdum | gōdre | gōdum |
| A. | gōdne | gōde | gōd |
| I. | gōde | — | gōde |
| Plur. | |||
| N.A. | gōde | gōda | gōd |
| G. | gōdra | gōdra | gōdra |
| D.I. | gōdum | gōdum | gōdum |
Historical Exercises & Reading
87. EXERCISES.
2. Sēo gōde cwēn giefð ǣlcum ðegne mǫniga giefa.
3. Dēs wīsa cyning hæfð mǫnige micele tūnas on his rīce.
4. Nǣnig mǫn is wīs on eallum ðingum.
5. Ðȳ ilcan dæge (§ 98, (2)) mǫn fǫnd (found) ðone ðegn ðe mīnes wines bēc hæfde.
6. Ealle ðā segas ðā ðe swift hors habbað rīdað wið ðone bǫnan.
7. Ðīne fīend sind mīne frīend.
8. Sē micela stān ðone ðe ic on mīnum hǫndam hæbbe is swīðe heard.
9. Hīe scęððað ðǣm ealdum horsum.
10. Uton niman ðās tilan giefa ǫnd hīe beran tō ūrum lēofum bearnum.
II. 1. These holy men are wise and good.
2. Are the little children very dear to the servants (dat. without tō)?
3. Gifts are not given to rich men.
4. All the horses that are in the king’s fields are swift.
5. These stones are very large and hard.
6. He takes the dead man’s spear and fights against the large army.
7. This new house has many doors.
8. My ways are not your ways.
9. Whosoever chooses me, him I also (ēac) choose.
10. Every man has many friends that are not wise.
Loquentes Practice Reference
Our drill practices strong adjective inflection across the three genders, using Smith’s model gōd.