Adjective, pronoun and numeral in Old German and Roman languages

(If the sentence read: "The wise king is kind to his subjects," "wise" would be a weak adjective).

This characteristic of Old English adjectives is important, because there are different declensions that are used depending on whether or an adjective is used in a grammatically strong or weak manner. A "declension" is simply a list of the different endings that go on a word to indicate that it is in a certain case (i.e., that it is fulfilling a certain grammatical function).

The Adjective had two types of declensions: strong and weak.

• The Adjective had two types of declensions: strong and weak.
• Strong adjectives had more endings opposed to each other, so these adjectives had a stronger distinctive power.
• Weak declension of adjectives was characterized by the ending -an, which was used in most of the forms, so a lot of weak forms were homonymous and had a weak distinctive power.

Nominative	ʒōd (m.) – good Str.	ʒōda (m.) W.
Genitive	ʒōdes	ʒōdan
Dative	ʒōdum	ʒōdan
Accusative	ʒōdne	ʒōdan
Instrumental	ʒōde	ʒōdan

Source: https://oldenglish.info/adj5.html

In OE there existed several groups of pronouns:

In OE there existed several groups of pronouns:

• Personal,
• Demonstrative,
• Indefinite,
• Interrogative and
• Relative.