different between fyrst vs first

English

Adjective

fyrst (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of first

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f?st]

Adverb

fyrst

1. first, first of all

Derived terms

• fyrst nú (“only now”)
• fyrst og fremst (“first and foremost”)

Icelandic

Adverb

fyrst

1. superlative degree of snemma; first

   Við kaupum fyrst inn.

   We begin by doing the shopping.

Derived terms

Adjective

fyrst

1. feminine/neuter singular of fyrstur (“first”)

Conjunction

fyrst

1. since

   Fyrst þú heimsóttir mig á spítalann þá fyrirgef ég þér.

   Since you visited me in the hospital I forgive you.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fyrst (indeclinable)

1. the titular prefix given to a prince - fyrst Rainier.

Synonyms

• fyrste

References

• “fyrst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fyrst, fyrstr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rst/

Adverb

fyrst

1. alternative form of først

Etymology 2

Noun

fyrst (indeclinable)

1. the titular prefix given to a prince - fyrst Rainier.

Synonyms

• fyrste

References

• “fyrst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyrst/, [fyr?st]

Etymology 1

See fierst.

Noun

fyrst m

1. Alternative form of fierst

Declension

Etymology 2

See fyrest.

Adjective

fyrst (no positive or comparative form)

1. Alternative form of fyrest

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *furist.

Adverb

fyrst (adjective fyrstr, comparative fyrr)

1. first, firstly

References

• fyrst in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??st/
• (General American) enPR: f?rst, IPA^(key): /f?st/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /f?rst/, /f?rst/
• Hyphenation: first
• Rhymes: -??(?)st

Etymology 1

From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“foremost, first”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *fur, *fura, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pero- (“forward, beyond, around”), equivalent to fore +? -est. Cognate with North Frisian foarste (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Swedish först (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst (“first”), Icelandic fyrstur (“first”).

Alternative forms

• 1st, Ist; I, I. (in names of monarchs and popes)
• firste (archaic)
• fyrst, fyrste (obsolete)

Adjective

first (not comparable)

1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.

   Hancock was first to arrive.

2. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
   • 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE

     THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.

Related terms

• for
• fore

Translations

Adverb

first (not comparable)

1. Before anything else; firstly.
2. For the first time;

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:firstly

Translations

Noun

first (countable and uncountable, plural firsts)

1. (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations

     Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

2. (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
3. (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.

4. (countable, baseball) first base

5. (countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
6. (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
7. A fraction of an integer ending in one.

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• primary
• primus inter pares

Etymology 2

From Middle English first, furst, fyrst, from Old English fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *frestaz, *fristiz, *frest? (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also frist.

Noun

first (plural firsts)

1. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.

References

• first at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• FTIRs, SIRTF, frist, frits, rifts