FORMA
- noun [ feminine ]
- numeral
- adjective
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§446;
§447;
The first, earliest; prīmus
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Se forma ys Simon
the first is Simon,
- Mt. Bos. 10, 2: 22, 25: Bt. 15 ;
- Fox 48, 22: Cd. 143 ;
- Th. 179, 2 ;
- Exod. 22: Exon. 18 b ;
- Th. 45, 16 ;
- Cri. 720: Beo. Th. 1437 ;
- B. 716 ;
- Menol. Fox 17 ;
- Men. 9: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 109 ;
- Met. 8, 55.
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Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld was ðises middangeardes
how happy was the first age of this world,
- Bt. 15 ;
- Fox 48, 2: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 7 ;
- Met. 8, 4: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 8.
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Ðis wæs ðæt forme tácn
this was the first miracle,
- Jn. Bos. 2, 11.
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On ðone forman dæg
on the first day,
- Boutr. Scrd. 19, 4: Bd. de nat. rerum ;
- Wrt. popl. science 4, 12 ;
- Lchdm. iii. 238, 15: Cd. 48 ;
- Th. 61, 17 ;
- Gen. 998: Byrht. Th. 133, 68 ;
- By. 77.
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Forman síðe
for the first time,
- Beo. Th. 4562 ;
- B. 2286: Exon. 84 b ;
- Th. 319, 3 ;
- Wíd. 6: Cd. 17 ;
- Th. 21, 4 ;
- Gen. 319.
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Gebletsode Metod monna cynnes ða forman twá
the Lord blessed the first two of mankind,
- Cd. 10 ;
- Th. 12, 31 ;
- Gen. 194.
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On forman
at first,
- Blickl. Homl. 127, 20.
Etymology
Wyc. forme in forme-fadris
: Chauc. forme
: Laym. uorme, forme
: Orm. forrme
: O. Sax. formo
: O. Frs. forma
: Goth. fruma the first
: Icel. frum- in compounds, the first.
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Linked entries
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feorma.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “FORMA.” 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/11605.
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