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The comparative is formed by adding -er, and the superlative by adding -est, to the simple form; as, red, redder, reddest; blue, bluer, bluest; easy, easier, easiest.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

What should be done with the terminations -ing, -en, -ed, -er, and -est, and the plural -es?

From Division of Words Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

Most monosyllabic adverbs add -er and -est to form the comparative and superlative, just as adjectives do; as, high, higher, highest; soon, sooner, soonest.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

The so-called Northumbrian records of the ninth and tenth centuries frequently use -es instead of -est, in the 2nd pers. preterite of regular verbs, e.g., ðu forcerdes usic on-bec = Thou turnedst us hindward.

From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Morris, Richard

In Shakespeare's time it was quite common to use a double comparative and superlative by using more or most before the word already having -er or -est.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt