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ETYMOLOGY.

Adjectives ending in an unaccented -ig (-lig) -som add in superlative only -st:

fattig–poor fattigere fattigst.
nöisom–easily contented nöisommere nöisomst.

Adjectives ending in a single consonant with preceding short vowel double their final consonant before the comparative and superlative terminations:

smuk–nice smukkere smukkest.

Adjectives ending in an unstressed -el, -en, (see § 187, 1) -er drop the -e before the comp. and superl. endings:

ædel–noble ædlere ædlest.
fager–fair fagrere fagrest.
fuldkommen–perfect fuldkomnere fuldkomnest.

184. The following adjectives form their comparative and superlative by adding -re (-ere) and -st and at the same time modifying the radical vowel by mutation:

ung–young. yngre yngst.
stor–great större störst.
tung–heavy tyngre tyngst
or tungere tungest.
lang–long længere længst.

and irregularly:

faa–few færre færrest.

185. The following adjectives form their comparatives and superlatives of a different stem from the positive:

gammel–old ældre ældest.
god–good bedre bedst.
lille (liden)–little mindre mindst.
mange–many flere flest.
meget mere mest.
ond–bad værre værst.