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Old English · adjective

ærest

Normalised ǣrest

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈæːrest/
Syllables
ˈæːrest (1 syllable)
Modern English
erstat first

ærest1 · adjective · inflected form

Senses

  1. superlative degree of ǣr (“early”); first

  2. Inflected form of ǣr

Declension

Strong declension of ærest
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ǣrestǣrestǣrest
Accusative ǣrestneǣresteǣrest
Genitive ǣrestesǣrestreǣrestes
Dative ǣrestumǣrestreǣrestum
Instrumental ǣresteǣrestreǣreste
Plural
Nominative ǣresteǣrestaǣresteǣrest
Accusative ǣresteǣrestaǣresteǣrest
Genitive ǣrestraǣrestraǣrestra
Dative ǣrestumǣrestumǣrestum
Instrumental ǣrestumǣrestumǣrestum
Weak declension of ærest
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ǣrestaǣresteǣreste
Accusative ǣrestanǣrestanǣreste
Genitive ǣrestanǣrestanǣrestan
Dative ǣrestanǣrestanǣrestan
Instrumental ǣrestanǣrestanǣrestan
Plural
Nominative ǣrestanǣrestanǣrestan
Accusative ǣrestanǣrestanǣrestan
Genitive ǣrestraǣrestenaǣrestraǣrestenaǣrestraǣrestena
Dative ǣrestumǣrestumǣrestum
Instrumental ǣrestumǣrestumǣrestum

ærest2 · adverb

Senses

  1. at first

    ⁊ hē [Pirrus] hæfde XX elpenda tō þǣm ġefeohte mid him, þe Rōmane ǣr na ne ne ġesawon: hē wæs sē forma mon þe hīe ǣrest on Italium brōhte.

    And he [Pyrrhus] had twenty elephants with him in battle, which the Romans had never seen before; he was the first man to bring them to Italy.

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

All forms (10)

Etymology

Superlative form of ǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *airist(ō).

Descendants

erst

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