Fyrst

Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon de Bosworth & Toller - fyrst

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

adj. For 'First . . . Exod. 399'

fyrst
substitute: (1) first, foremost in position:--Hé wæs mid þǽm fyrstum mannum on þǽm lande he was among the first men in the country, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 13. (2) foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence:--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. fyrst
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