178 Word-Formation [§§ 395-8 anstelgs, gracious; hrōþelgs, victorious; láiselgs, aft to teach; listeigs, cunning; mahteigs, mighty; sinelgs, old; þluþeigs,good; us-beisneigs,long-suffering; waurst-weigs, effective. § 395. -eina- (OE. -en, OHG. -In, prim. Germanic -īna·, = Lat. -īnu-s), used in forming adjectives denoting the material of which a thing is made, as aírþeins, earthen; áiweins, eternal; barizeins, of barley; fillelns, leathern; gulþeins,golden; gumeins,male, qineins,female; stáineins, ofstone ; þaúrneins, thorny; triweins, wooden. § 396. -iska- (OE. -isc, OHG. -isc, -isk, Lat. -iscu-s, Gk. -ισκο-s), generally connoting the quality of the object denoted by the simplex, as barnisks, childish; funisks, fiery; gudīsks, godly ; mannisks, human; *þiudisks, whence þiudiskō, after the manner of Gentiles; iuđaíwisks, Jeivish, formed from ludaíus, Jew; háiþiwisks, wild, with w from iudaíwisks. COMPOUND ADJECTIVES. § 397. In compound adjectives formed by composition the second element is always an adjective or used as an adjective, but the first element may be a noun, adjective, verb, or particle. The final vowel in the first element of the compound follows the same rule as in nouns (§ 389), as akrana-láus./ríí/y/íss ; gōda-kunds, of good origin ; guda-láus, godless; himina-kunds, heavenly; witōda-láus, lawless; áin-falbs, simple; mikil-þūhts, high-minded, andi-láus beside anda-láus, endless, with a from the pure a-stems. aírþa-kunds, born of the earth; hreila-h/aírbs, transitory, náudi-þaúrfts, needy, faíhu-gaírns, covetous; handu-waúrhts, made by hands, guma-kunđs, male; qina-kunds, female ; silba-wiljis, willing of oneself. § 398. In addition to the class of compound adjectives given above, the parent language had a class, the second element of which was originally a noun. Such compounds