109. _ner_, nigher, the old _comparative_ form; afterwards written _near_,
and wrongly extended to _near-er_, with a _double_ comparative suffix. Cf.
l. 135, 352.
_a-foote_, on foot; not _a foot_, the length of a foot, as that would have
no final e.
109. _ner_, nigher, the old _comparative_ form; afterwards written _near_,
and wrongly extended to _near-er_, with a _double_ comparative suffix. Cf.
l. 135, 352.
_a-foote_, on foot; not _a foot_, the length of a foot, as that would have
no final e.