forwost

Old English

Alternative forms

• forwest

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *furwōstaz, superlative of *furwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-wó-s (“first”), from *preh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfor.wost/, [ˈforˠ.wost]

Noun

forwost m

1. high-ranking person, chief, prince

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	forwost	forwostas
accusative	forwost	forwostas
genitive	forwostes	forwosta
dative	forwoste	forwostum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forwost”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “forwost”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.
• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “forewost”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan, page 112