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▪ I. † ˈforme, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 forma, -e, 2–6 forme, 3 Orm. forrme, 3 firme, furme, vorme, 3–5 form, 5 ferme.
[OE. forma = OFris. forma, OS. formo:—OTeut. *formon-, a superlative (with -m- suffix as in L. prīmus) from the root of fore adv. A variant is OE. fruma (early ME. frume, beginning) = Goth. fruma.]
1. Earliest in time or serial order, first; also, the first of two, former.
Beowulf 2286 (Gr.) Frea sceawode fyra fyrnᵹeweorc forman siðe. c888K. ælfred Boeth. xv, Hu ᵹesæliᵹ seo forme eld was þises middanᵹeardes. a1250Owl & Night. 818 The vox kan..turne ut from his forme weie. a1330Otuel 1572 King karnifees..slouȝ him ate forme dunt. c1425Seven Sages (P.) 373 Yf I speke loude or stille, With the forme word I sal deye. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 4006 Oure forme fadere and modere.
absol. and ellipt.c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. x. 2 Se forma ys Simon. a1175Cott. Hom. 243 Of the formen seieð sanctus paulus. Non est [etc.]. c1205Lay. 25151 Þe uorme wes Belin. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 38 Hit arn fettled in on forme, þe forme & þe laste. c1420Pallad. on Husb. ii. 447 As iij is nyne, as ij is ten, the forme Thelleuth is with.
b. Previous to the present; former, early.
a1300Cursor M. 22229 (Cott.) In form tide. c1340Ibid. 8583 (Trin.) Þe forme dawes.
c. quasi-n. The beginning.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 499 Þe forme to þe fynisment foldez ful selden.
2. Foremost in position, rank, etc.
14..Rom. Alexander in Roland & V. (1836) p. xx. Antiogus hadde the form gard, Tholomeu the rereward. 1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 595 And with his forme foot he shoke forth this wrytyng.
3. quasi-Comb., in forme-fader, (a) (our) first father, Adam; (b) = forefather; forme-moder, (our) first mother, Eve; forme-mete, early meat, breakfast; forme-ward, vanguard.
a1175Cott. Hom. 231 Me..sceolde..ȝiefe him his forme⁓mete þat him to lang ne þuhte to abiden oð se laford to þe none inn come. a1200Moral Ode 195 Ure forme fader gult, we abuȝeð alle. 13..K. Alis. 5733 Of the forme-ward he herd grete cry For hy weren assailed of olifauntz. a1340Hampole Psalter cxviii. 21 Oure form-fadirs þat god blamyd. c1394P. Pl. Crede 808 He..descended a-doune to þe derke helle, And fet oute our formfaderes. c1440York Myst. xxiii. 81 Oure fforme-ffadyrs full fayne Wold see this solempne sight. c1450Lonelich Grail xxx. 404 The grete wronge That oure form Modir dyde.
▪ II. forme
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