forwost
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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *furwōstaz, superlative of *furwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-wó-s (“first”), from *preh₂-.
Pronunciation
Noun
forwost m
Declension
Declension of forwost (strong a-stem)
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forwost”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “forwost”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I
, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC. - John R. Clark Hall (1916) “forewost”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan, page 112
