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forþmest

  • adjective
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forþmest, adj.
First,
of order in place or time
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  • Swelc in endebrednise forðmest ł ǽrest (

    primus) geseted is godspell ǽrest ł forðmest (primus )

    áwrát,
      Mt. p. 12, 8.
  • Cuoæð ðǽm forðmesto (

    primo

    ),
      Lk. L. 16, 5.
  • Ðá forðmesto (

    primi

    ) hlætmest and ðá hlætmesto forðmæsto, p.
      8, 7: Mt. L. 20, 10.
  • Wið ðǽm forðmestum usque ad primos, 20, 8:

    prioribus,

      21, 36.
  • Ðá forðmesto sóðfæste

    priores justos,

      Lk. p. 6, 18.
of age
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  • Wéron seofo bróðro and ðe forðmest wíf lǽde,

      Mt. L. 22, 25.
  • Ðe foerðmesta,

      Mk. R. 12, 20.
  • Tó ðǽm forðmest (ældra,

      R., yldran, W. S.), Mt. L. 21, 28.
of rank or importance
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  • Sé ðe wælle betuih iúh forðmest wossa,

      Mt. L. 20, 27.
  • Foerðmest,

      Mk. R. 10, 44.
  • Se forðmesta (foerð-,

      R., mǽste, W. S.) bod, Mk. L. 12, 28.
  • On ðǽm forðmestum (foerð-,

      R.)
    seatlum sitta and ðá formesto setla, 12, 39.
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