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mǽst

  • adverb
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Grammar
mǽst, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§335; §445; §556; §557;
most, chiefly, especially
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  • Se westsúþende Europe landgemirce is in Ispania westeweardum and mǽst (maixme) æt ðæm íglande ðætte Gaðes hátte,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 8, 24.

  • Ðara nýtena meolc ðe hý mǽst bí libbaþ,

    • 1. 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 30, 10.

  • Geond ealle world, and ðeáh mǽst in Thasalia,

    • 1. 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 36, 8.

  • Swá hié mǽst mehten

    as much as ever they could,

    • 6, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 260, 32: Past. 28
      • ;
    • Swt. 190, 9.

  • Ealles mǽst

    maxime,

    • Bd. 2, 4
      • ;
    • S. 505, 7.

  • Preóst oftor ne mæssige ðonne þríwa mǽst ðara þinga

    (at the utmost),

    • L. Edg. C. 37
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 252, 4.
with the adj. eall,
almost, nearly
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  • Hit is eal mǽst mid háligra manna naman geset

    it is almost all occupied with holy men's names,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 466, 22.

  • Ðæt him sealde mæst eal his sunu

    almost all of which his son gave him,

    • Chart. Th. 271, 33.

  • Wígheard and mǽst ealle (omnes pene) his geféran,

    • Bd. 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 563, 25.

  • Hié mǽst ealle ofslægene wurdon.

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 80, 22.

  • Swá swá ealle mæst ðyssere declinunge,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 7
      • ;
    • Som. 9, 9.

  • Ða óðre ealle mǽst

    almost all the others,

    • 9, 4
      • ;
    • Som. 10, 24.

  • Ealle mǽst ðás word,

    • 30
      • ;
    • Som. 38, 35.
Similar entries
v. má, and micel.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽst.” 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/22227.

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