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a space of time
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  • Fyrst

    intercapedo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 276 7

  • Huu longes tídes ł huu long firstes

    quantum temporis,

    • Mk. L. 9, 21
      • .

  • Beó hé feówertig nihta on carcerne . . . Gif hé út oðfleó ǽr þám fierste,

    • Ll. Th. i. 60, 15
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  • Gewurdon fela martyra on x wintra firste,

    • Ors. 6, 30
      • ;
    • S. 280, 19
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  • Of fæce, fyrste

    intercapedine, i. spatio,

    • An. Ox. 2967
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  • Fyrst

    intercapedinem,

    • 5428.

  • Ne étes firste hæfde

    nec manducandi spatium habebant,

    • Mk. R. 6, 31
      • .
with idea of postponement, delay,
respite, (additional) time, time granted for doing something
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  • Þú wilt siofian ꝥ hí swá langne fyrst habbaþ leáf yfel tó dónne, and ic þé sǽde ꝥ se fyrst biþ swíþe lytle hwíle, and . . . him wǽre ealra mǽst unsǽlþ ꝥ, ꝥ se fyrst wǽre oþ dómes dæg,

    • Bt. 38, 4
      • ;
    • F. 204, 13-17
      • .

  • Wolde ic gebétan, gif ic ábídan móste, . . . ic ne eom wyrðe þæs fyrstes,

    • Hml. S. 26, 254
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  • On medmycclum fyrste tó ende cuman,

    • Bl. H. ill, 25
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  • Hé hæfde fyrst áne feáwa geára,

    • Hml. S. 12, 121
      • .

  • Áge hé þreóra nihta fierst him tó gebeorganne,

    • Ll. Th. i. 62, I.

  • Hé ongan cleopian: 'Fyrst la oð morgen'

    coepit clamare: 'Inducias vel usque mane,'

    • Gr. D. 326, 13
      • .

  • Him ðyncð ðæt hé hæbbe fierst genógne tó hreówsianne

    tempus subsequens ad poenitentiam pollicetur,

    • Past. 415, 34
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  • Tó fyrstan

    ad inducias,

    • An. Ox. 58,
on firste
in time (as opposed to immediately):
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  • Ðone weg ðǽre bóte ðe him on fierste becuman meahte

    viam sibi subsequentis meliorationis,

    • Past. 383, 23
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  • Ðæt folc nolde geliéfan ðeáh him mon feorrland on fierste gehéte

    (neque populus promissionibus in longinquum crederet),

    gif him sóna ne sealde sum on neáweste sé him ðæt máre gehétt,

    • 389, 33
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  • Swá sint hié tó beweorpanne ǽrest . . . tó ðǽm ðæt hí sién eft on firste

    (postmodum)

    árǽrde,

    • 443, 35
      • .

  • Se deófol wile on fyrste, gif hé æt fruman ne mag, þone man beswícan,

    • Scrd. 20, 19
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “first.” 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/45073.

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