§ [136]. The comparativs inflect exactly like weak adjectivs, but the f. ends in -ei ([§ 132], n. 4):
| Sing. | N. | m. | frôdôza | n. | frôdôzô | f. | frôdôzei |
| G. | frôdôzins | frôdôzeins, | |||||
etc., like the prs. ptc. ([§ 133]).
2. SUPERLATIV.
§ [137]. The superlativ degree, like the comparativ, is formd in two ways, in -ist- or in -ôst-; e. g., managists (< manags), armôsts (< arms, poor). The inflection of the superlativs is precisely the same as that of ordinary adjectivs—strong and weak.
Note. No rule can be givn for the appearance of the ô or the i in the suffix, except that the ô-form occurs only with a-stems. We may suppose that a word which forms the compar. by means of i, has i in the superl. also, and that, in like manner, the ô-forms correspond to each other. This supposition, however, is only founded on a few extant exampls.
3. IRREGULAR COMPARISON.
§ [138]. The lack of comparison of sum adjectivs is supplied by comparativs and superlativs with a corresponding meaning, but without a positiv:
| gôþs (d), good | Compar. | batiza | Superl. | batists |
| ubils, evil | " | waírsiza | " | — |
| mikils, great | " | maiza | " | maists |
| leitils, litl | " | minniza | " | minnists |
| sineigs, old | " | — | " | sinista. |