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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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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “yfemest.” 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/37088.

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  • yfemest, adv.

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