forwost
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *furwōstaz, superlative of *furwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-wó-s (“first”), from *preh₂-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editforwost m
Declension
editDeclension of forwost (strong a-stem)
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forwost”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 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 [2], Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “forewost”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[3], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan, page 112
Categories:
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preh₂-
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English masculine a-stem nouns