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fyrst, adj. For 'First . . . Exod. 399'
substitute:
first, foremost in position
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  • Hé wæs mid þǽm fyrstum mannum on þǽm lande

    he was among the first men in the country,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 13.
foremost in virtue or
worth, best, of great excellence
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  • Hú se láreów sceal beón on his weorcum fyrest (

    praecipuus). Se láreów sceal beón on his weorcum heálic (praecipuus ),

      Past. 80, 1.
  • Tó þám meðelstede gelǽdde Abraham Isaac . . ., fyrst ferhðbana; nó þý fæg[en]ra wæs, wolde líge gesyllan beorna sélost his swǽsne sunu tó sigetibre

    to the meeting-place led Abraham Isaac . . ., noble destroyer of life; not the more joyous was he (i. e. he was sorely troubled), to the flames would the best of men give his dear son as a sacrifice,

      Exod. 399.
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