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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "formestum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "formestum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "formestum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "formestum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "formesta",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "formest",
"positive": "forma"
},
"expansion": "formest (positive forma)",
"name": "ang-adj-sup"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "formest"
},
"name": "ang-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"first"
],
"links": [
[
"first",
"first#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/forˈmest/"
}
],
"word": "formest"
}
{
"categories": [
"Old English adverbs",
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English non-lemma forms",
"Old English superlative adjectives",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*fura",
"3": "*umô",
"nocat": "1"
},
"expansion": "*fura + *-umô",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "optimus"
},
"expansion": "Latin optimus",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Superlative of forma, which is itself an old simple superlative of fore: Proto-Germanic *fura + *-umô; compare Latin optimus, summus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "formesta",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "formest",
"name": "ang-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"first"
],
"links": [
[
"first",
"first#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/forˈmest/"
}
],
"word": "formest"
}
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