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sammoeftra, forvitri, forvitra (Fms. 6,56) also: orviti
(Fms. 7,158), mdl65i (Fsreyjingas S. 218), fulltiSi (Egilss.
185).
The Comparison of Adjectives.
98. The Comparative is formed in Icelandic by:
-ara (neut.), art (masc.), ari (fern.), (kalda-ra, colder; har-
3a-ra, harder)] which takes the place of the a in the definite
form. The fern. Sing, and all genders of the Plur. retain i
everywhere (rarely Dat. in -um) as: spaka, Comparative;
.spakara
Neut. Masc. Fern.
Sing. Nom. spakara spakari spakari
Gen. Dat. Ace. spakara spakara spakari
Plur. Nom. Gen. Dat. Ace. spakari
99. The Superlative is formed by adding to the root
-ast, astr, ust, and is thus declined:
Neut. Masc. Fern.
Indef. form. Nom. spakast spakastr spokust
Ace. spakast spakastan spakasta etc.
Def. form. Nom. spakasta spakasti spakasta
Ace. spakasta spakasta spOkustu etc.
Those which shorten in the Posit., also do so in the other
degrees, if the same cause exists, namely, that the termination
begins with a vowel, as:
au3gara, auSgari, auQgast, au5gastr, auSgustetc.
100. There is however in many cases a shorter manner of
formation for these degrees, namely by dropping the final -a
and adding for the Comparative -ra, -ri, -ri, and for the Super-
lative -st, -str, -st. The modification of vowels which requires
-r takes place (see 33. 34).
hit fagra fegra -ri fegrst fegfstf fegrst
13ga Isegra -ri Ia3gst Ia3gstf Ia3gst, lowest
Idnga leingra -ri leingst leingstf leingst, longest
or langa lengra -ri lengst lengstr lengst
hit braungva breingra -ri breingst -st? -st, closest
or jmingva Jtrengra -ri brengst -stf -st, narrowest
hit st6ra stffirra -ri stoerst -stf -st, greatest
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