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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse í fyrstunni, a prepositional phrase using the dative singular definite of fyrsta f (“first; beginning”). The current forms suggest some re-analyzation and likening to the construction of samstundes (“meanwhile”), becoming equivalent to før (“before”) + stund (“while”) + -es.
Adverb
førstundes
- (archaic) in the beginning; to begin with
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