| Sing. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Masc. | Neut. | Fem. | |
| Nom. | micheler, great | michel(e)ȥ | micheliu |
| Acc. | michel(e)n | michel(e)ȥ | michel(e) |
| Gen. | michel(e)s | michel(e)s | michelre, micheler |
| Dat. | michelme, michel(e)m | michelme, michel(e)m | michelre, micheler |
| Plur. | |||
| Nom. | michel(e) | micheliu | michel(e) |
| Acc. | michel(e) | micheliu | michel(e) |
| Gen. | michelre, micheler | michelre, micheler | michelre, micheler |
| Dat. | michel(e)n | michel(e)n | michel(e)n |
Like michel are inflected monosyllabic adjectives ending in -l, -r with a short stem-vowel, and polysyllabic adjectives ending in -el, -en, -er, as bar, bare, hol, hollow; zwīvel, doubtful, eigen, own, tougen, secret, ander, other, second, bitter, bitter, vinster, dark; ëben, even, übel, evil, bad, &c. See § [9, 1, 2].
2. The Weak Declension.
[§ 56.] The weak declension of adjectives agrees exactly with that of the nouns.
| Sing. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Masc. | Neut. | Fem. | |
| Nom. | blinde, blind | blinde | blinde |
| Acc. | blinden | blinde | blinden |
| Gen. | blinden | blinden | blinden |
| Dat. | blinden | blinden | blinden |
Plural blinden for all cases and genders.
B. The Comparison Of Adjectives.
[§ 57.] The comparative was formed by means of the suffix -er(e) = OHG. -iro, -ōro, and the superlative by means of the suffix -est(e) = OHG. -isto, -ōsto. On the loss of the medial or final e in such forms as tiurre, dearer, tiurste; minner, minre, less, minnest, min(ne)ste, see [§ 9, 3]. Most monosyllables have umlaut in the comparative and superlative either exclusively or have mutated beside unmutated forms. The cause of these double forms is in a great measure due to the two OHG. double suffixes: comp. -iro, -ōro and superl. -isto, -ōsto having fallen together in -er(e) and -est(e) in MHG., as elter, older, ermer, poorer, jünger, younger, grœȥer, greater, hœher, higher, beside alter, armer, junger, grōȥer, hōher; superl. eltest, ermest, jüngest, grœȥest, hœhest, beside altest, armest, jungest, grōȥest, hōhest. Adjectives which have umlaut in the positive regularly preserve it in the comparative and superlative.
The comparative is declined weak, but the superlative is declined strong and weak.
[§ 58.] The following adjectives form their comparative and superlative from a different root than the positive:—