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The Bruce 30Book 11 · The comparative and superlative are formed by adding ar or er

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The Bruce 30

Book 11 · The comparative and superlative are formed by adding ar or er

BarbourEnglish
(seldom ir) and est or ast. In words of two and more syllables mar (mair) and mast (maist) also occur. The same rule applies to adverbs. The final consonant of a monosyllable may be doubled: thikkest (VIII. 81), but also thikast (XVII. 156).

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Barbour — The Bruce (John Barbour) (date of first publication not recorded). Public Domain. John Barbour, The Bruce; public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #44292. Source

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