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THE INFINITIVE WITH ADJECTIVES. 
niedbetSearfest [-ea-, -e-], most necessary. 
niedSearf [-ea-, -e-], necessary. 
niedS ear flic, necessary. 
nyt(t)wierSe [-y-], useful. 
nyt(t)wiertSlic [-y-], usef ul. 
raedlicost, most advisable. 
selost [-a-, -e-], most excellent. 
selra, more excellent. 
til, excellent. 
wierSe [-U-, -y-], worthy. 
wierSelic, worthy. 
wierSost, most worthy. 
4. Adjectives Denoting Pleasantness and Unpleasantness and the like, of 
which the chief representatives are leof, ‘ dear/ with its compounds; and 
wynsum, 1 winsome/ with its compounds: — 
andrysnlic [on-], terrible. 
arwurSlic, venerable. 
bitterre, more bitter. 
eatolice, terribly. 
egeful, terrible. 
egeslic, terrible. 
faeger, fair, beautiful. 
gecweme, agreeable. 
gesom, agreed, friendly. 
glaed, bright , clear. 
glasshIut(t)or, clear as glass. 
grimlic, terrible. 
grimre, more terrible. 
halwende, beneficial. 
leof, dear, desirable. 
leofra, dearer, etc. 
leofost, dearest, etc. 
licwierSe [-u-], pleasing, acceptable. 
lit>e, pleasant. 
lustbaere, pleasant, fruitful (also in 1). 
lustbaerre, more pleasant. 
iustfullic, pleasant. 
lustlicre, more pleasant. 
lustsumlic, pleasant. 
myrige, pleasant. 
onderslic, terrible. 
reow [reoh], rough, fierce. 
scir, white. 
swete, sweet. 
Searlic, painful. 
unwerodre, more unsweet. 
un wynsum [-i-], unwinsome. 
wered [-od], sweet. 
wynsum [-i-], winsome, pleasant. 
wynsumre [-i-], more winsome, etc. 
5. Adjectives Denoting Right and Wrong, Suitability and Unsuitability, 
the Customary and the Strange, and the like, of which the chief representatives 
are rihtlic , ‘ right; ’ gecoplic, 1 suitable;' getriewe, ‘ true; J gewuna, ‘accus¬ 
tomed; ’ soA lie, * true; ’ unrihtlic, 1 wrong;' wundorlic, 1 wonderful: ’ — 
deaflic, suitable. 
diegol [diegle], mysterious. 
gecoplic, fit, suitable. 
gehendast, most convenient. 
gehyS, convenient. 
getriewe [-e-], true, safe, able. 
gewuna, accustomed. 
lang [-o-], long (also in 2). 
langsum [- 0 -], long (also in 2). 
manigfeald [- 0 -], manifold. 
manigfealdlicor, more manifoldly. 
6 . Other Adjectives: — 
ana, alone. 
feald [god and —], suitable (?). 
feorr, far. 
Typical examples are: — 
micel [-y-], great, wonderful. 
rihtlic, just, proper. 
sotSlic, true. 
unaberendlicre, more intolerable. 
ungeliefedlic, incredible. 
ungewunelic, unusual. 
unrihtlic, wrong, improper. 
unscende, honorable. 
wraetlic, rare, wonderful. 
wundorlic, wonderful. 
laene, fleeting, deceptive. 
toweard, toward, coming. 
1. Adjectives Denoting Readiness, Capacity, Inclination, etc.: 
fus, ready: 
Beow. 1805: wseron sebelingas eft to leodum fuse to farenne. 
gearu [-o], ready: 
