_altus_: aut ---- aussọr
✱_bellātus_ = _bĕllus_: ---- bellaire bellázer-s bellazọr
_gĕnĭtus_: gen génser-s gensọr
✱_grĕvis_ = _gravis_: gręu gręuger ----
_grŏssus_: grǫs gruęysser ----
_laið_: lai láiger ----
_largus_: larc ---- largọr
_lĕvis_: lęu lęuger ----
_lŏngus_: lonc ---- lonhọr
(_grandis_): (gran) máier maiọr
(_bŏnus_): (bon) męlher melhọr
(_paucus_): (pauc) mẹnre-s menọr
_nūgālis_: ---- ---- nüalhọr
(_malus_): (mal) pęier peiọr
(_mŭltus_): (mọlt) ---- plüsọr[88]
_sŏrdĭdus_: sorde sordẹier sordeiọr
108. The following neuter comparatives were used as adverbs: gensẹis
gensẹs gensẹtz (＜ génser influenced by longẹis, sordẹis); longẹis
longẹitz ＜?✱longĭtius (＜ longĭter + lŏngius); mais ＜ _magis_; męlhs
＜ _mĕlius_; mẹns ＜ _mĭnus_; pęitz ＜ _pĕjus_; sordẹis ＜ _sordĭdius_;
viatz ＜ _vivacius_. Mais, męlhs, mẹns, pęitz were used also as neuter
pronouns. Viatz lost its comparative sense.
109. A few adjectives, most or all of them learned, preserved the old
superlative form with an intensive sense: altisme, carisme, pęsme,
prǫsme, santisme.