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fyrmest

  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
fyrmest, formest; def. se fyrmesta, seó, ðæt fyrmeste; sup. adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§446; §447;
FOREMOST, first; prīmus
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  • Se ðe wyle betweox eów beon fyrmest, sý he eówer þeów

    qui vŏluĕrit inter vos prīmus esse, ĕrit vester servus,

    • Mt. Bos. 20, 27: Mk. Bos. 9, 35: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 35.

  • Se fyrmesta and se betesta

    the foremost and the best;

    præstantissĭmus,

    • Cot. 153.

  • Se fyrmesta is eásterne wind

    the first is the east wind,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum;
    • Wrt. popl. science 17, 22
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 274, 13.

  • Ðis ys ðæt mǽste and ðæt fyrmeste bebod

    hoc est maxĭmum et prīmum mandātum,

    • Mt. Bos. 22, 38.

  • Agynn fram ðám ýtemestan óþ ðone fyrmestan

    begin from the last to the first,

    • 20, 8.

  • Manega fyrmeste beóþ ýtemeste, and ýtemeste fyrmeste

    multi ĕrunt prīmi novissĭmi, et novissĭmi prīmi,

    • 19, 30: Mk. Bos. 10, 31: Lk. Bos. 13, 30.

  • Ða fyrmestan

    prīmi,

    • Mt. Bos. 20, 16.

  • Fyrmest manna

    first of men;

    summas, prīmas,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25
      • ;
    • Som. 10, 58, 59: Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 221, 39.

  • Fyrmeste [MS. fyrmyste] naman

    primĭtīvan ōmĭna,

    • 5
      • ;
    • Som. 4, 8.
Linked entries
v.  formesta.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fyrmest.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/12984.

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  • fyrmest, num.; adj.

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