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hit	únga	ýngra	-ri	ýngst	-str̓	-st, youngest
—	þunna	þynnra	-ri	þynnst	-str̓	-st, thinnest
—	djúpa	dýpra	-ri	dýpst	-str̓	-st, deepest
—	dýra	dýrra	-ri	dýrst	-str̓	-st, dearest
—	væna;	vænna	-ri;	vænst	-str̓	-st, prettiest.

The word mjótt, mjór, mjó, small, hit mjófa does not
modify the vowel, although it takes the shorter termination
mjórra, mjóst.

101. Some form their degrees in both manners, thus we
meet with:

        djúpara, djúpari, djupast, -astr̓, -ust

the shorter form almost always belongs to the old language.

Several take the shorter form in the Comparative and the
longer one in the Superlative, as:

        seint, seinna, seinast,

        sælt, sælla, sællast;

        nýtt, nýrra, nýjast.

102. The following are quite irregular:

Positive.		Comp.	Superl.
góða, gott,	hit góða	betra	bezt-a	best
íllt	— illa	verra	verst-a	worst
vânt	— vânda
mikit	— mikla	meira	mest-a	greatest
lítið	— litla	minna	minnst-a	least
mart (margr̓, mörg)		fleira	flest[1]	most
gamalt;	— gamla;	ellra	ellst-a	eldest;
		eldra;	elzt-a: [[** sic: dansk har punktum **]]

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103. Some compar. and superl. are formed from adverbs,
prepos. and subst. and have therefore no positive, as:

(norðr̓)	nyrðra	norðast, nyrðst,	northmost
(austr̓)	eystra	austast	eastmost
(suðr̓)	syðra	syðst (synnst)	southmost
(vestr̓)	vestra	vestast	westmost
(fram)	fremra	fremst	foremost
(aptr̓)	eptra	aptast, epzt	aftermost
(út)	ytra	yzt	outmost
(inn)	innra	innst	inmost

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