单词 | firsten |
释义 | firstenadj. Scottish. literary. = first adj.Before the 21st cent. recorded only in ballads. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > firstness > [adjective] erstOE foremostc1000 firstlOE onec1384 firstmosta1400 primec1429 firstena1600 fust1851 a1600 Battle of Balrinnes in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 351 The firstin man in counsall spak, Good Errol it was he. a1600 Battle of Balrinnes in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 353 The firsten shot was to neir,..The nixtin shot thair foes hurt. a1783 Child Waters in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) II. 88/1 But the firstin stap the lady stappit, The water came til her knee. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 32 The firsten bower that he came till, There was right dowie wark. 1876 in W. Christie Trad. Ballad Airs I. 145 The firsten town that they came to, He bought her hose and sheen. 2018 D. C. Purdie in Lallans 92 59 [God] I'm creatin the firsten wumman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1600 |
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