FYRST
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
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.
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Ne wæs se fyrst micel
the respite was not great,
- Exon. 37 a ;
- Th. 121, 32 ;
- Gú. 297.
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Æfter miclum fyrste
post multum tempŏris,
- Mt. Bos. 25, 19: 26, 73: Ex. 17, 4: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 32: 20, 19.
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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.
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Fyrst næfdon ðæt hí ǽton
nec spătium mandūcandi hăbēbant,
- Mk. Bos. 6, 31: Chr. 1004 ;
- Erl. 139, 22.
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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.
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Derived forms
Linked entries
v.
fierst first.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “FYRST.” 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/13023.
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