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FYRST

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
FYRST, first, fierst, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§280; §387;
A space of time, time, respite, truce; spătium tempŏris, tempus constĭtūtum, intercăpēdo
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  • Næs hit lengra fyrst

    it was not a longer space of time,

    • Beo. Th. 269
    • ;
    • B. 134: 5104
    • ;
    • B. 2555.
  • Ne wæs se fyrst micel

    the respite was not great,

    • Exon. 37 a
    • ;
    • Th. 121, 32
    • ;
    • Gú. 297.
  • Æfter miclum fyrste

    post multum tempŏris,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 19: 26, 73: Ex. 17, 4: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 32: 20, 19.
  • Hæfde nýdfara nihtlangne fyrst

    the fugitive had a night-long space,

    • Cd. 154
    • ;
    • Th. 191, 2
    • ;
    • Exod. 208: Andr. Kmbl. 1668
    • ;
    • An. 836: 2620
    • ;
    • An. 1311.
  • Fyrst næfdon ðæt hí ǽton

    nec spătium mandūcandi hăbēbant,

    • Mk. Bos. 6, 31: Chr. 1004
    • ;
    • Erl. 139, 22.
  • Ðý fyrste

    in the time,

    • Beo. Th. 5139
    • ;
    • B. 2573.
Etymology
[
Laym. first, uirst, urist, feorst
:
Orm. fresst
:
Plat. ferst, f
:
O. Sax. vrist. f
:
O. Frs. ferst, first, frist, n
:
Dut. Kil. verste, verst, frist, virst dilātio
:
Ger. frist, f
:
M. H. Ger. vrist, f
:
O. H. Ger. frist, f. mŏra, spătium
:
Dan. frist, m. f
:
Swed. frist, m.
]
Derived forms
lang-fyrst
Linked entries
v.  fierst first.
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  • FYRST, n.