This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...take a comparison, they form the Comparative in-a, the Superlative in-ast; some have shorter forms in-r, -st: inni innar innst within uppi ofar (efra) ofarst (efst) up niSri neSar neSst beneath. The n. g. of the adjective in the 1st and 2"d degree has often two forms with different significations as: utar, outside (opposite the door, but visible), ytra, without (out of sight), leingr and skemr, shorter, only of time, leingra and skemra, shorter, only of place. The Formation of Words. 161. The formation of words, much resembles the Danish, but it is more lively, richer and more certain. We do not intend to enter here into a minute disquisition, but one of the chief sources of derivation deserves attention, it is the Imperfect of the 2ud Order. From the plural are derived: 162. A) Nouns, such as: drap, from drep, drap, drapum; nam from nem, nam, namum; fengr from fae, fekk, fengum; soeri from sver, sor; hloegi from hlae, hlog; fundr from finn, fann, fundum; sprunga from spring, sprakk, spriingum; hvarf from hverf, hvarf; stig from stig, steig, stigum; bit from bit, beit, bitum; saungr (sOngr) from syng, saung (sOng). Sometimes there is no difference at all, and the noun seems to be the genuine old Imperfect, as: bragS from bregS, bra; boS from byS, bauS; skot from skyt, skaut. The plural brugSum seems to be formed from bragS and not from bra; also stigum from stig, not from steig, bitum from bit, not from beit; buSum, Conj. form bySi, from boS, not from bauS; skutum, Conj. form skyti, from skot, not from skaut. Related languages show the same, as for instance the english / bite, bit, I shoot, shot, with a bit, a shot, as nouns; such is also the german: beisse, biss, schiesse, schoss and the nouns: Biss, Schuss. Sometimes the German language lengthens the ...