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yfemest

  • adverb
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yfemest, yfmest; adv.
Upmost, highest, in the highest position or degree
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  • Hió cymþ swá up swá hire yfemest gecynde bið

    it (the sun) mounts up to the highest point at which it is natural for it to be,

      Bt. 25; Fox 88, 28.
  • Ðǽr hire yfemest bið eard gecynde,

      Met. 13, 63.
  • Ðæt fýr is yfemest ofer eallum ðissum woruldgesceaftum,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 38: Met. 20, 84.
  • Yfmest,

      24, 20.
  • Saturnus yfemest wandraþ ofer eallum óðrum steorrum,

      24, 23.
  • Uton habban úre mód up swá swá wé yfemest mægen wiþ ðæs heán hrófes ðæs héhstan andgites,

      Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 15.
  • Ǽresð alra glengea and ymesð scolde scínan gold on his hrægle

    in sacerdotis habitu ante omnia aurum fulget,

      Past. 14; Swt. 85, 2.
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v. ufor.
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v.  ufera.
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