§§ 39°-4] Word-Formation 177 þiuþl-qiss instead of *þiuþa-qlss, blessing. The η-stems have a, as áuga-daúrō, window; mana· sēþs, mankind; but man-leika, image; staua-stōls, judgment seat. Examples of consonant stems are: baárgs-wađđjus, town-wall; brōþru-lubō, brotherly love, beside the new formation brōbra-lubō; nahta-mats, supper, formed on analogy with the a-stems. ADJECTIVES. § 390. Adjectives, like nouns, may be conveniently divided into three classes: simple, derivative, and compound. Examples of simple adjectives are: áins, one; alls, all; baírhts, bright; blinds, blind; dáuþs, dead; diups,derp; fagrs,fair; fulls, full; hails, whole; hardus, hard; ibns, even; juggs, young; kalds, cold; mikils, great; raíhts, right; siuks, sick; ubils, evil. § 391. Derivative adjectives often have the same prefixes as nouns (§§ 355-78), as af-guþs, godless; ana-siuns, visible; anda-nēms, pleasant; fram-alđrs, very old; ga-guþs, pious; missa-leiks, various; un-fagrs, unfit j us-kunbs, well known, SUFFIXES. § 392. -aga- (OE. -ig, OHG. -ag, prim. Germanic -agá-, Indg. -oqo-, cp. Skr. -aká-, as áuđags, blessed; grēđags, hungry; mōdags, angry; un-hunslags, without offering ; wulbags, glorious. § 393. -aha- (prim. Germanic -áxa-, Indg. -6qo-, cp, Skr. -áka-, the same suffix as the above with difference of accent), as áinaha (weak decl.), only ; niu-klahs, under age; stáinahs, stony; un-barnahs, childless; waúrdahs, verbal; and similarly baírgahei, hill country, from *baír-gahs; brōþrahans, brethren, from *brōþrahs. § 394. -eiga- (OE. -ig, OHG. -ig, prim. Germanic -Igá-, Indg. *-īqo-, cp. Skr. -īká-), as anđa-nēmeigs, holdingfast; 1187 Ν