Adjectives, which in OE. end in a vowel, have e in all cases, bliðe 116, deore 181, ȝare 224, hende 287, mare 223, sturne 120, vnimete 254, wilde 43; those in #-ig# lose g, hali 66, mæhti 65, weoli 60. Of the weak declension are _s. n._ cristine 294, holde 154, leofue 274, _d._ bare 158, quicke 25, _a._ feire 210, hæðene 193, haðene 295. Strong inflections are _s. d. m._ richen 154, soðen 26, fæire 211, hæȝe 141, hæðene 205, _s. d. neut._ uncuðe 40, _s. a. m._ brædne 209, hæhne 205 (with #burg# _f._), hehne 102, godne 49, guldene 257, stenene 222, wisne 214, but long, smal 217 are not inflected, _s. a. f._ gode 136, kineliche 173, stronge 85. #mycel# is _s. n._ muchel 42, _d._ muchele _f._ 171, _a._ muchele _m._ 221 (but dic is usually _f._ in L), muche 220, muchele _f._ 223, muchel _neut._ 201, _pl. n._ muchele 234: #āgen# gives aȝene _s. n. neut. wk._ 296, aȝere _s. d. f._ 201, aȝene _s. d. neut._ 208. The plural of all adjectives ends in -e, except særi _pl. n._ 103 (#sārig#), dæde(n) 110, ȝungen _d._, olden 187. OE. #ān# is _s. n._ an 59, 64, 161, a 218, 267, _g._ anes _m._ 202, _d._ ane _m._ 140, 141, 203, 213, an _neut._ 51, _a._ ænne _m._ 173, 209, 214, enne (ende) 211, with _d._ uelde 211, 217, ane 257, a 153, anne _f._ 65, ane 173, 212, 223, an _neut._ 240, a 215: #nān# is _s. n._ na 41, _d._ nane _neut._ 47, nan 228, _a._ nane _f._ 191, nan _neut._ 281: #bēgen# is beyne 168. Adjectives used as nouns with inflection are hæne _s. n. m._ 204, hæhste 62, bezste _s. d._ 238, fæie _pl. n._ 127, ælderen _pl. g._ 193, ælderne 69. Comparatives end in -e, mære 42, mare 8; the superlative has weak inflection in aldeste _s. n. m._ 29, bezste 268, hæhste _s. a. f._ 69, but strong in aðelest 33, fæirest 55, 89, 152, 270, hæhst 155, hendest 77, 95, 195; plurals are færeste _n._ 7, bezste 200, 256, deoreste 244.
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