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fyrste

fyrste is the obsolete form of first.

Meaning of first

Adjective

first (no comparative, superlative firstmost)

  1. (no-comparative) Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
    • Hancock was first to arrive.
    Synonyms:
    maiden, prime
  2. (no-comparative) Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
    • Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
  3. (no-comparative) Of or belonging to a first family.
    • First Cat; First Daughter; First Dog; First Son
  4. (no-comparative) Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.

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Questions about fyrste

What is fyrste the obsolete form of?
Fyrste is the obsolete form of first.

Words near fyrste in the dictionary

  1. fyrdworthy
  2. fyrk
  3. fyrks
  4. FYROM
  5. fyrst
  6. fyrste
  7. FYs
  8. FYSA
  9. Fyshwick
  10. fytb
  11. fytte

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fyrste (page history and authors); first (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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