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27 !iit unga yngra -ri yngst -sir -st, youngest punna pynnra -ri j)ynnst -sir -st, thinnest djupa dypra -ri dypst -sir -st, deepest dyra dyrra -ri dyrst -sir -st, dearest va;na; vaenna -ri; vaenst -sir -st, prettiest. The word mj6tt, mj6r, mjo, small, hit mj6fa does not modify the vowel, although it takes the shorter termination mjorra, mjost. 101. Some form their degrees in both manners, thus we meet with: djupara, djiipari, djupast, -astf, -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: seinl, seinna, seinast, saelt, sa'lla, sinllast; nytt, nyrra, nyjast. 102. The following are quite irregular: Positive. Comp. Snperl. g68a, gott, hit g65a betra bezt-a best lilt ilia \ vant -vanda / verra vet-a wortf mikit mikla meira mest-a greatest Iiti5 litla minna minnst-a least mart (margr, mOrg) fleira flest*) most I ellra ellst-a ,, . gamalt; -- gamla; eldest; 103. Some compar. and superl. are formed from adverbs, prepos. and subst. and have therefore no positive, as: (nor8r) nyr8ra norQast, nyrfist, northmost (auslr) eystra austast eastmost (su8r) sy8ra syQst (synnst) southmost (vestr) vestra veslast westmost (fram) fremra fremst foremost (aptr) eptra aptast, epzt aftermost (lit) ytra yzt outmost (inn) innra innst inmost *) This is not used definitely except in the plural: hin mdrgu, liinir fleiri, hinar flestu mostly used by the moderns.
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