iht, applied to a noun X produces an adjective meaning "having the quality of X", for example sandiht, "sandy", from sand or þorniht, "thorny", from þorn. iġ (= MnE "-y") forms adjectives from nouns, as in grǣdiġ, "greedy, from grǣd, "greed" or ƿlitiġ, "beautiful", from ƿlit, "appearance, shape, form". foreþancfull, "prudent", from foreþanc, "forethought" or eġefull, "terrifying" from eġe, "fear". seofonfeald, "sevenfold" maniġfeald, "manifold". feald (= MnE "-fold") creates an adjective from a quantity, e.g. en (= MnE "-en" as in "golden") together with i-mutation of the stem, forms an adjective from a noun denoting a material, for example the adjective ǣcen, "made of oak", from the noun āc, "oak". Un- (= MnE "un-") can either give a negative sense to a noun, as in unfriþ, "hostility", from friþ, "peace" or it can give a pejorative sense to a noun, as in ungild, "an unjust or excessive tax" from gild, "tax, payment" or unrǣd, "bad advice, folly", from rǣd, "advice".Īdjectives formed with suffixes Mis- (= MnE "mis-", as in "misdeed") gives a pejorative sense to a noun, as in misƿeorc, "evil deed", from ƿeorc, "deed". Nouns ending in - ung are always feminine. huntung, "hunting", from huntian, "to hunt" or cēapung, "business, trade", from cēapian, "to buy, to trade". ung (= MnE "-ing") forms nouns from verbs, e.g. Nouns ending in - scipe are all masculine. scipe (= MnE "ship", as in "friendship") is similar to - dōm and - hād for example ƿinescipe, "friendship", from ƿine, "friend" or snotorscipe, "prudence, sagacity", from snotor, "wise". oþ is similar to - aþ, for example fiscoþ, "fishing", from fiscian, "to fish". Nouns ending in - nes are always feminine. beorhtnes, "brightness", from beorht, "bright" or glædnes, "gladness", from glæd, "glad". nes (= MnE "-ness") forms nouns from adjectives, e.g. X- hād is the state or condition of being X: for example prēosthād, "priesthood", from prēost, "priest" or druncenhād, "drunkenness", from druncen, "drunk". Such nouns are grammatically feminine as they are in meaning.
estre is the female equivalent of ere for example lufestre, "(female) lover" or hearpestre, "(female) harpist". dēmere, "judge" from dēman, "to judge" or lēogere, "liar", from lēogan, "to lie". ere (= MnE "-er") forms nouns from verbs in the same way as - end, e.g. end forms nouns from verbs an X- end is one who does X: for example feohtend, "fighter, warrior", from feohtan, "to fight" or lufiend, "lover", from lufian, "to love". dōm (= MnE "-dom", as in "wisdom", "kingdom") forms nouns such as hlāforddōm, "dominion, lordship", from hlāford, "lord" or hāliġdōm, "holiness", from hāliġ, "holy". aþ forms nouns such as folgaþ, "retinue", from folgian, "to follow" or huntaþ, "hunting", from huntian, "to hunt".
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