fierst – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of fierst

Noun: fierst
Gender: mf

Nominative

Singularfierst
Pluralfierstas

Genitive

Singularfierstes
Pluralfiersta

Dative

Singularfierste
Pluralfierstum

Accusative

Singularfierst
Pluralfierstas

Sample Sentences

  • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Lord's Prayer"
  • God lǣt him fierst þæt hē his māndǣda ġeswīce. (God gives him time to stop his misdeeds.)
  • Sōðlīċe ðǣs mōnan ġēar hæfð seofon ⁊ twentiġ daga ⁊ eahta tīda. On ðām fyrste hē underyrnð ealle ðā twelf tācna, þe sēo sunne undergǣð twelf mōnað. (Truly, the moon's year has twenty-seven days and eight hours. In that time, it passes beneath all twelve signs [of the zodiac], which the sun passes under in twelve months.) [c. 994, Ælfric, https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iqCU4ZV4pjoC&pg=PA6De Anno (On the Year)]]
  • c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion"
  • Efne ðā tōbserst þæs temples wāhryft, fram ðǣre fyrste ufan ōð ðā flōr neoðan,... (Lo then the temple's veil burst asunder, from the summit above down to the floor beneath,...)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fristaz, *fristą. Cognate with Middle Dutch verst, Old High German frist (German Frist), Old Norse frest (Swedish frist). See: German Nouns 'Frist', Swedish Nouns 'frist'.

Verbs referencing "fierst"

English Nouns frist.

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