The comparative is formed by adding _-ra_, and is declined like a weak
adjective:--_l[=e]of_ (dear), _l[=e]ofra_ masc., _l[=e]ofre_ fem.,
_l[=e]ofran_ plur., etc.; _m[=ae]re_ (famous), _m[=ae]rra_. The superlative
is formed by adding _-ost_, and may be either weak or strong:--_l[=e]ofost_
(dearest).
The following form their comparisons with mutation, with superlative in
_-est_ (the forms in parentheses are adverbs):--
eald (_old_), ieldra, ieldest.
lang (_long_), l[e,]n[.g]ra, l[e,]n[.g]est.
n[=e]ah (_near_), (n[=e]ar), n[=i]ehst.
h[=e]ah (_high_), h[=i]erra, h[=i]ehst.