Comparison
The comparative of Angle-Saxish adjectives is formed by adding -er to the positive, and the superlative by adding -est.
| hard, hard | harder | hardest |
There is a second mode of comparison in which the prehistoric endings caused i-mutation of the root vowel. This mode is followed by a comparatively small number of Angle-Saxish adjectives:
| brood, broad | bräder | brädest |
| ald, old | ylder | yldest |
| äðe, easy | oyð | oyðest |
| ver, far | vyr | vyrrest |
| jung, young | jinger | jincgest |
| gräät, great | groyter | groytest |
| hääch, high | hoyer | hoyhst |
| lang, long | lenger | lencgest |
| nääch, near | näär | noyhst |
| schort, short | schyrter | schyrtest |
| strang, strong | strenger | strencgest |
Irregular comparison
Four adjectives have comparatives and superlatives with a different root from that of the positive:
| guud, good | beter | betst |
| yvel, bad, evil | wyrse | wyrst |
| miçhel, much | moor | määst |
| loytel, little | lässe | lääst |
From the adverb äär, before, are formed the comparative and superlative adjectives ärre, äärst.
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