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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fristaz, *fristą. Cognate with Middle Dutch verst, Old High German frist (German Frist), Old Norse frest (Swedish frist).
Pronunciation
Noun
fierst m or f
- time (especially time granted for doing something)
- threshold, ceiling, inner roof (declined as fem.)
- 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,...
Declension
Declension of fyrst (strong a-stem)