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first

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
first, first, e; f.
a rafter.
Substitute:
a ceiling, inner roof
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  • Fierst (first, hróf firsthróf ?),

    • Corp. Gl.

    laquear,

    • Txts. 74, 595
    • :
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 53
    • .
  • Fyrst,

    • i. 26, 42
    • :
    • 82, 15
    • .
  • Tóbærst þæs temples wáh-ryft fram ðǽre fyrste ufan oð ðá flor neoðan,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 258, 3
    • .
  • Firste

    laquearia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 45
    • .
  • Fierste,

    • 50, 54
    • .
the ridgepole of a roof
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  • First

    tigillum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 43
    • .
  • Hróf

    camara,

    first

    paratica,

    • i. 290, 3

    (in a list ' de domibus').

  • Fyrst on húse

    hoc tignum uel tigillum,

    • An. Ox. 183, 92
    • .
  • Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð . . . and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað,

    • Angl. viii. 324, 9
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. first.
O. H. Ger. first culmen, pinna, tolus.
]
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v. first-hróf.
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v.  fierst.
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