English edit

Adjective edit

fyrst (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of first.

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [fɪst] (phonetic respelling: fyst)

Adverb edit

fyrst

  1. first, first of all

Derived terms edit

Icelandic edit

Adverb edit

fyrst

  1. superlative degree of snemma; first
    Við kaupum fyrst inn.
    We begin by doing the shopping.

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

fyrst

  1. feminine/neuter singular of fyrstur (first)

Conjunction edit

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 edit

Noun edit

fyrst (indeclinable)

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

Synonyms edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse fyrst, fyrstr.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fʏst/ (phonetic respelling: fyst)

Adverb edit

fyrst

  1. alternative form of først

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

fyrst (indeclinable)

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

References edit

Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

See fierst.

Noun edit

fyrst m

  1. Alternative form of fierst
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

See fyrest.

Adjective edit

fyrst (no positive or comparative form)

  1. Alternative form of fyrest
Declension edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *furist.

Adverb edit

fyrst (adjective fyrstr, comparative fyrr)

  1. first, firstly

References edit

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