fyrst

fyrst (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of first.

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

fyrst

1. first, first of all

• fyrst nú (“only now”)
• fyrst og fremst (“first and foremost”)

fyrst

1. superlative degree of snemma; first

   Við kaupum fyrst inn.

   We begin by doing the shopping.

fyrst

1. feminine/neuter singular of fyrstur (“first”)

fyrst

1. since

   Fyrst þú heimsóttir mig á spítalann þá fyrirgef ég þér.

   Since you visited me in the hospital I forgive you.

fyrst

1. alternative form of first

fyrst (indeclinable)

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

• fyrste

• “fyrst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse fyrst, fyrstr.

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

fyrst

1. alternative form of først

fyrst (indeclinable)

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

• fyrste

• “fyrst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /fyrst/, [fyrˠst]

See fierst.

fyrst m

1. alternative form of fierst

Strong a-stem:

See fyrest.

fyrst (no positive form)

1. alternative form of fyrest

From Proto-Germanic *furist.

fyrst (adjective fyrstr, comparative fyrr)

1. first, firstly

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fyrst”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive