fyrstr

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Old Norse

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Old Norse ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : einn
    Ordinal : fyrstr
    Multiplier : einfaldr
    Distributive : einfaldliga
    Fractional : heill

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *furistaz.

Adjective

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fyrstr (comparative fyrri, superlative fyrstr)

  1. first
  2. foremost

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: fyrstur
  • Faroese: fyrstur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fyrst
  • Old Swedish: fyrster
  • Danish: først
  • Old Gutnish: fyrst

References

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