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first

  • noun [ masculine ]
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first, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§280; §387;
A space of time, time; tempŏris spătium, tempus
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  • Ðá wæs first agán

    then was the time expired,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 393
    • ;
    • An. 147.
  • Óþ ðone first ðe hie wurdon swíðe meteleáse

    until the time that they were very destitute of food,

    • Chr. 918
    • ;
    • Erl. 104, 12: Bt. 38, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 194, 27.
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v. fyrst.
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