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*''<span style="background-color:#99FF99;">sa</span> miðus <span style="background-color:#99FFFF;">þīna</span> ist <span style="background-color:#FFFF99;">glitnaþ</span>.'' ‘your mead is sparkling’
*''<span style="background-color:#99FF99;">sa</span> miðus <span style="background-color:#99FFFF;">þīna</span> ist <span style="background-color:#FFFF99;">glitnaþ</span>.'' ‘your mead is sparkling’
*''<span style="background-color:#99FF99;">so</span> vituvne <span style="background-color:#99FFFF;">unstra</span> ist <span style="background-color:#FFFF99;">frobúðna</span>.'' ‘our knowledge is forbidden’
*''<span style="background-color:#99FF99;">so</span> vituvne <span style="background-color:#99FFFF;">unstra</span> ist <span style="background-color:#FFFF99;">frobúðna</span>.'' ‘our knowledge is forbidden’
===Comparison===
To form the comparative, most adjectives replace the usual endings with ''‑ums'' (which declines as an a-stem), though after i‑ and j‑stems, it becomes ''‑ims''. E.g.:
* '''''mikils''''' ‘big’ → '''''mikilums''''' ‘bigger’
* '''''grœunis''''' ‘green’ → '''''grœunims''''' ‘greener’
* '''''aglus''''' ‘difficult’ → '''''aglums''''' ‘more difficult’
The dative case is used to form comparative clauses by replacing the English preposition ''than'':
* ''Is ist þam brōðra sīnin hǭðum.'' ‘He is taller than his brother.’ (Literally: “He is to-the brother of-himself taller.”)
To form the superlative, most adjectives add ''‑ist'' to the stem.


==Vocabulary==
==Vocabulary==
'''[[:Category: Valthungian words|Valthungian Words on Contionary]]'''
'''[[:Category: Valthungian words|Valthungian Words on Contionary]]'''

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