Basics

Most oftentimes, when an adjective is derived from a noun or verb, the suffix -y will succeed the word, thereby making it an adjective (e.g. anþakt (attention) --> anþakty (attentive, careful).

Adverbs are most often created by adding -lik to an existing adjective and changing <y> to <i>, similar to -ly in English (e.g. anþakty --> anþaktilik (attentively, carefully).

Comparative and superlative

The comparative forms of adjectives are always denoted by -er before a consonant and a -ter before a vowel or <r>. The superlative forms of adjectives are always denoted with an -est before a consonant and a -st before a vowel or <r>. There is one adjective bearing irregular comparative and superlative forms: gud (good).

Alternatively, the comparative and superlatives can be expressed using different forms of the adjective meny (many, much, lots of).