See fierst on Wiktionary
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"english": "God gives him time to stop his misdeeds.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Lord's Prayer\"\nGod lǣt him fierst þæt hē his māndǣda ġeswīce.",
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"ref": "c. 994, Ælfric, https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iqCU4ZV4pjoC&pg=PA6De Anno (On the Year)]",
"text": "Sōðlīċe ðǣs mōnan ġēar hæfð seofon ⁊ twentiġ daga ⁊ eahta tīda. On ðām fyrste hē underyrnð ealle ðā twelf tācna, þe sēo sunne undergǣð twelf mōnað.",
"translation": "Truly, the moon's year has twenty-seven days and eight hours. In that time, it passes beneath all twelve signs [of the zodiac], which the sun passes under in twelve months.",
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"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion\"\nEfne ðā tōbserst þæs temples wāhryft, fram ðǣre fyrste ufan ōð ðā flōr neoðan,...",
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"text": "Sōðlīċe ðǣs mōnan ġēar hæfð seofon ⁊ twentiġ daga ⁊ eahta tīda. On ðām fyrste hē underyrnð ealle ðā twelf tācna, þe sēo sunne undergǣð twelf mōnað.",
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