Note 1. According to [§ 78], n. 2, the s of the nom. sg. is dropt, (1) after s; e. g., swês, swêsis, own; gaqiss, gaqissis, consenting. (2) after r preceded by a short vowel: anþar, the second, the other; unsar, our; izwar, your; ƕaþar, which of the two. Accordingly, the nom. pl. warai must hav had a nom. sg. war, wary.
Note 2. The rules for the hardening of final soft spirants (79) must be noted; as, frôþs, frôdis, wise; gôþs, gôdis, good ([§ 74]); liufs, liubis, dear; daufs, daubis, def ([§ 56], n. 1).
Note 3. Stems having a w before the case-endings ar subject to the rule for final w ([§ 42]) in the nom. sg. m. and n. The three words of this kind occur only in other cases. Therefore the noms. pl. fawai, qiwai, usskawai suggest as noms. sg. m. and n. faus, fau, few; qius, qiu, alive; usskaus, usskau, wakeful. According to usskawjan (to awake, [§ 42], n. 2), also usskaws might be supposed insted of usskaus. For lasiws, s. [§ 42], n. 1.
Note 4. The pronominal adjectivs in -ar: unsar, izwar, anþar, ƕaþar, hav in the n. sg. only the shorter forms: unsar, izwar, etc.
§ [125]. Adjectiv-stems with ja before the endings (ja-stems) hav most of their forms like the paradim blinds. Only in few forms a change is caused by the j. As in the case of nouns, we distinguish between short and long adjectival ja-stems.
Paradim of a short ja-stem: midjis, midl:
| Sing. | M. | N. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | midjis | midi, midjata | midja | |
| G. | midjis | midjaizôs | ||
| D. | midjamma | midjai | ||
| A. | midjana | midi, midjata | midja | |
| Plur. | ||||
| N. | midjai | midja | midjôs | |
| G. | midjaizê | midjaizô | ||
| D. | midjaim | midjaim | ||
| A. | midjans | midja | midjôs | |
§ [126]. As regards inflection, the m. midjis is closely related to the substantiv harjis ([§§ 90]. [92]), the n. midi to the substantiv kuni ([§§ 93]. [95]). The fem. midja shows no deviation whatever.
Only a small number of adjectivs belong to this class: aljis, another; sunjis, tru; ga-wiljis, unanimous; unsibjis, criminal; -fraþjis, minded (only in grinda-, sama-fr.); ƕarjis ([§ 160]); also those whose stems end in a vowel ([§ 44], c): niujis, new; -tôjis, doing (as, ubiltôjis, evil-doing).
Note 1. On account of the small number of these adjs. sum forms of the abuv paradim ar not extant. Thus, the short form of the neuter midi is givn in conformity with the long stems ([§ 127]), and that of niujis would be niwi; only niujata occurs; the n. of -tôjis would be -taúi ([§ 26], a).