The following show different roots:--

g[=o]d (_good_), b[e,]tera, b[e,]tst.

yfel (_evil_), wiersa, wierrest.

mi[.c]el (_great_), m[=a]ra (m[=a]), m[=ae]st.

l[=y]tel (_little_), l[=ae]ssa (l[=ae]s), l[=ae]st.

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The following are defective as well as irregular, being formed from

adverbs:--

[=ae]r (_formerly_), [=ae]rra ([=ae]ror), [=ae]rest.

fore (_before_), . . . forma, fyrmest.

[=u]t (_out_), [=y]terra, [=y]temest.

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