Formesta

Old English Dictionary Entry

Formesta

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: fyrmest. formesta

Definitions

1 formesta

m: formeste; f. n: def. adj. [sup. of forma the first] Foremost, first, best, most valiant; prīmus, strēnuissĭmus :-- Wæs he se wer se formesta ĕrat vir ipse strēnuissĭmus, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 37.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᛗᛖᛋᛏᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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