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mikil Acc. mikinn mikit mikla Dat.
miklum miklu mikilli Gen. mikils mikils mikillar
Pl. Nom. miklir mikil miklar Acc. mikla mikil miklar Dat. miklum
miklum miklum Gen. mikilla mikilla mikilla
89. So also lītill (little).
90. Dissyllables in -inn have -it in the neut., and -inn in the masc. sg.
acc.: tīginn (distinguished), tīgit, tīginn, pl. tīgnīr. So also
kominn (come).
91.
MASC. NEUT. FEM.
Sg. Nom. annarr (other) annat ǫnnur Acc. annan annat aðra Dat.
ǫðrum ǫðru annarri Gen. annars annars annarrar
Pl. Nom. aðrir ǫnnur aðrar Acc. aðra ǫnnur aðrar
Dat.
ǫðrum ǫðrum ǫðrum Gen. annarra annarra annarra
Weak Adjectives
MASC. NEUT. FEM.
Sg. Nom. ung-i ung-a ung-a Acc. ung-a ung-a ung-u Dat. ung-a ung-a
ung-u Gen. ung-a ung-a ung-u
Pl. Nom. ung-u ung-u ung-u Acc. ung-u ung-u ung-u Dat. ung-u ung-u

ung-u Gen. ung-u ung-u ung-u
92. So also fagri, hÄvi, mikli, etc.
Sg. Nom. yngri (younger) yngra yngri Acc. yngra yngra yngri Dat.
yngra yngra yngri Gen. yngra yngra yngri
Pl. Nom. yngri yngri yngri Acc. yngri yngri yngri Dat. yngrum yngrum
yngrum Gen. yngri yngri yngri
93. So also all comparatives, such as meiri (greater), and pres. partic.
when used as adjectives, such as gefandi (giving), dat. pl. gefǫndum.
Comparison
94. (1) with -ari, -astr: rīkr (powerful), rīkari, rīkastr; gǫfugr
(distinguished), gǫfgari, gǫfgastr.
95. (2) with -ri, -str and mutation: langr (long), lęngri, lęngstr;
stÅrr (big), stÅ“rri, stÅ“rstr; ungr (young), yngri, yngstr.
96. The following are irregular:
gamall (old) Ä™llri Ä™lztr gÅðr (good) bÄ™tri bÄ™ztr illr (bad)
vęrri vęrstr lītill (little) minni minstr margr (many) fleiri flestr
mikill (great) meiri mestr
Numerals
97.
CARDINAL ORDINAL
1. einn (one) fyrstr (first
) 2. tveir annarr 3. þrÄ«r þriði 4. fjÅrir
fjÅrði 5. fimm fimmti 6. sex sÄ“tti 7. sjau sjaundi 8. Ätta Ätti 9.
nÄ«u nÄ«undi 10. tÄ«u tÄ«undi 11. ellifu ellifti 12. tÅlf tÅlfti 13.
þrettÄn þrettÄndi 14. fjÅrtÄn 15. fimmtÄn 16. sextÄn 17.
sjautÄn 18. ÄtjÄn 19. nÄ«tjÄn 20. tuttugu 21. einn ok tuttugu, etc. 30.
þrīr tigir, etc. 100. tīu tigir 110. ellifu tigir 120. hundrað 1200.

þūsund
einn is declined like other adjectives:--
98.
MASC. NEUT. FEM.
Nom. einn eitt ein Acc. einn eitt eina Dat. einum einu einni Gen. eins
eins einnar
It also has a pl. einir, einar, ein; gen. einna, etc. in the sense of 'some.'
The next three show various irregularities.
99.
MASC. NEUT. FEM.
Nom. tveir tvau tvær Acc. tvÄ tvau tvær Dat. tveim tveim tveim Gen.
tvęggja tvęggja tvęggja
Similarly bÄðir (both):
100.
MASC. NEUT. FEM.
Nom. bÄðir bæði bÄðar Acc. bÄða bæði bÄðar Dat.
bÄðum bÄðum bÄðum Gen. bÄ™ggja bÄ™ggja bÄ™ggja
101.
MASC. NEUT. FEM.
Nom. þrÄ«r þrjÅ« þrjÄr Acc. þrjÄ Ã¾rjÅ« þrjÄr Dat.
þrim þrim þrim Gen. þriggja þriggja þriggja
102.

MASC. NEUT. FEM.
Nom. fjÅrir fjogur fjÅrar Acc. fjÅra fjogur fjÅrar Dat. fjÅrum fjÅrum
fjÅrum Gen. fjogurra fjogurra fjogurra
103. The others are indeclinable up to þrīr tigir, etc.; the tigir being
declined regularly as a plural strong u-masculine tigir, tigu, tigum, tiga.
104. hundrað is a strong neut.: tvau hundruð (240), _tveim
hundruðum, etc. It governs the gen. (as also does þūsund_): fimm
hundruð gÅlfa, 'five (six) hundred chambers.'
105. þūsund is a strong ir-feminine: tvær þūsundir (2400).
106. hundrað and þūsund are rarely = 100 and 1000.
107. Of the ordinals fyrstr and annarr (§ 91) are strong, the others
weak adjectives. þriði inserts a j: þriðja, etc.
Pronouns
108.
Personal
Sg. Nom. ek (I) þū (thou) -- Acc. mik þik sik (oneself) Dat. mēr
þēr sēr Gen. mīn þīn sīn
Dual Nom. vit it -- Acc. okkr ykkr sik Dat. okkr ykkr sēr Gen. okkar
ykkar sīn
Pl. Nom. vēr (we) þēr (ye) -- Acc. oss yðr sik (oneselves) Dat.
oss yðr sēr Gen.
vÄr yðar sÄ«n
MASC. NEUT. FEM.
Sg. Nom. hann (he) þat (it) hon (she) Acc. hann þat hana Dat.
honum þvī hęnni Gen. hans þess hęnnar

Pl. Nom. þeir (they) þau þær Acc. Ã¾Ä Ã¾au þær Dat.
þeim þeim þeim Gen. þeira þeira þeira
109. ek was often suffixed to its verb, especially in poetry, being
sometimes added twice over: mætta-k (I might), sÄ-k-a-k (I saw not;
a='not'). So also þū: er-tu (art thou), skalt-u (shalt thou) = *skalt-tu.
Possessive
MASC. NEUT. FEM.
Sg. Nom. minn (my) mitt mīn Acc. minn mitt mīna Dat. mīnum
mīnu minni Gen. mīns mīns minnar
Pl. Nom. mīnir mīn mīnar Acc. mīna mīn mīnar Dat.
mīnum mīnum mīnum Gen. minna minna minna
110. So also þinn (thy), sinn (his, etc., reflexive).
111. vÄrr, vÄrt, vÄr (our) is regular: acc. masc. vÄrn, masc. plur. vÄrir,
vÄra, vÄrum, vÄrra, etc.
MASC. NEUT. FEM.
Sg. Nom. yðarr (your) yðart yður Acc. yðarn yðart yðra Dat.
yðrum yðru yðarri Gen. yðars yðars yðarrar
Pl. Nom. yðrir yður yðrar Acc. yðra yður yðrar Dat. yðrum
yðrum yðrum Gen. yðarra yðarra