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Rh the neuter; Ex.: blaat of blaa blue, bli(d)t of blid (D. pr. blið, N. bli·) mild; blö(d)t of blöd (D. pr. bløð, N. bløt).

176. The following pronominal adjectives ending in -en drop their n before the t of the neuter: megen—meget much, mangen—mangt many, nogen some, ingen—intet none; anden—andet other, hvilken—hvilket which, en—et one, din—dit your, min—mit my, sin—sit his, her; N. liden—lidet. So also past participles ending in -en: skreven—skrevet written, egen—eget in the meaning of own; but in the meaning of peculiar egent: et egent Menneske a peculiar person; sœregen, sœreget and sœregent peculiar, voxen—voxent adult, and in the same manner other adjectives which were originally past prtcpls. but are now used as pure adjectives: et voxent Menneske a grown-up person; but han er voxet he has grown.

177. Adjectives ending in -el, -en and -er drop the e of their last syllable before e of the plural or definite form: gammel—gamle old, mager—magre lean, hoven—hovne swollen.

Adjectives ending in an unstressed -et form their plural and definite form in -ede ; Ex.: stribet—stribede stripet, but let—lette light, violet—violette.

178. The following adjectives do not add any -e in plural or in the definite form:

1) Those ending in -e: stille quiet, ægte genuine, öde desolate.