fierst

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fi͜yrst/, [fi͜yrˠst]

Noun

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fierst m or f

  1. time (especially time granted for doing something)
  2. 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

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