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fyrst-mearc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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fyrst-mearc, frist-mearc, e; f. [mearc a mark]
Marked or appointed time, a space of time, interval; tempus constĭtūtum, tempŏris spatium, intercăpēdo
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  • Sunne oncneów fyrstmearc his

    the sun knew his appointed time,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 103, 20.
  • Him eft-cymeþ æfter fyrstmearce feorh

    life returns to it after a space of time,

    • Exon. 59 a
    • ;
    • Th. 213, 11
    • ;
    • Ph. 223 : Andr. Recd. 269
    • ;
    • An. 133 : Elen. Kmbl. 2065
    • ;
    • El. 1034.
  • Ymb geára fyrstmearc

    after a space of years; interjecio tempŏre aliquanto,

    • Bd. 3, 17
    • ;
    • S. 543, 47 : Cd. 202
    • ;
    • Th. 251, 8
    • ;
    • Dan. 560.
  • Bútan fyrstmearce ǽnigre reste

    sĭne ulla quiētis intercăpēdĭne,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 628, 3.
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v.  frist-mearc.
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