"yfemest" meaning in Old English

See yfemest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈy.fe.mest/, [ˈy.ve.mest]
Etymology: Per Köbler, from Proto-Germanic *ubamaz + superlative ending -est. Etymology templates: {{der|ang|gem-pro|*ubamaz}} Proto-Germanic *ubamaz Head templates: {{ang-adj-sup|yfemest|comp=yferra|positive=-}} yfemest (no positive form, comparative yferra) Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|yfemest}} Forms: yferra [comparative], strong [table-tags], yfemest [masculine, nominative, singular], yfemest [feminine, nominative, singular], yfemest [neuter, nominative, singular], yfemestne [accusative, masculine, singular], yfemeste [accusative, feminine, singular], yfemest [accusative, neuter, singular], yfemestes [genitive, masculine, singular], yfemestre [feminine, genitive, singular], yfemestes [genitive, neuter, singular], yfemestum [dative, masculine, singular], yfemestre [dative, feminine, singular], yfemestum [dative, neuter, singular], yfemeste [instrumental, masculine, singular], yfemestre [feminine, instrumental, singular], yfemeste [instrumental, neuter, singular], yfemeste [masculine, nominative, plural], yfemesta [feminine, nominative, plural], yfemeste [feminine, nominative, plural], yfemest [neuter, nominative, plural], yfemeste [accusative, masculine, plural], yfemesta [accusative, feminine, plural], yfemeste [accusative, feminine, plural], yfemest [accusative, neuter, plural], yfemestra [genitive, masculine, plural], yfemestra [feminine, genitive, plural], yfemestra [genitive, neuter, plural], yfemestum [dative, masculine, plural], yfemestum [dative, feminine, plural], yfemestum [dative, neuter, plural], yfemestum [instrumental, masculine, plural], yfemestum [feminine, instrumental, plural], yfemestum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], yfemesta [masculine, nominative, singular], yfemeste [feminine, nominative, singular], yfemeste [neuter, nominative, singular], yfemestan [accusative, masculine, singular], yfemestan [accusative, feminine, singular], yfemeste [accusative, neuter, singular], yfemestan [genitive, masculine, singular], yfemestan [feminine, genitive, singular], yfemestan [genitive, neuter, singular], yfemestan [dative, masculine, singular], yfemestan [dative, feminine, singular], yfemestan [dative, neuter, singular], yfemestan [instrumental, masculine, singular], yfemestan [feminine, instrumental, singular], yfemestan [instrumental, neuter, singular], yfemestan [masculine, nominative, plural], yfemestan [feminine, nominative, plural], yfemestan [neuter, nominative, plural], yfemestan [accusative, masculine, plural], yfemestan [accusative, feminine, plural], yfemestan [accusative, neuter, plural], yfemestra [genitive, masculine, plural], yfemestena [genitive, masculine, plural], yfemestra [feminine, genitive, plural], yfemestena [feminine, genitive, plural], yfemestra [genitive, neuter, plural], yfemestena [genitive, neuter, plural], yfemestum [dative, masculine, plural], yfemestum [dative, feminine, plural], yfemestum [dative, neuter, plural], yfemestum [instrumental, masculine, plural], yfemestum [feminine, instrumental, plural], yfemestum [instrumental, neuter, plural], ufemest [alternative]
  1. uppermost, highest
    Sense id: en-yfemest-ang-adj-QdnMKALI Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. in the highest degree or position
    Sense id: en-yfemest-ang-adj-VAT4xHVN Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down, as the aging man's strength is waning. The eleventh hour is worn-out old age, approaching death, like the sun approaches its setting at the end of the day.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nWitodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðriddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bið ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð sēo sunne, and ðǣs ealdiġendan mannes mæġen bið waniġende. Sēo endlyfte tīd bið sēo forwerode ealdnyss, þām dēaðe ġenēalǣċende, swā swā sēo sunne setlunge ġenēalǣhð on þǣs dæġes ġeendunge.",
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      "ipa": "[ˈy.ve.mest]"
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    {
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    {
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "yfemest",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "yfemestra",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemesta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemeste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemeste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemeste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "instrumental",
        "singular"
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        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "yfemestan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestra",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfemestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ufemest",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yfemest",
        "comp": "yferra",
        "positive": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "yfemest (no positive form, comparative yferra)",
      "name": "ang-adj-sup"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yfemest"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "uppermost, highest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uppermost",
          "uppermost"
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        [
          "highest",
          "highest"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down, as the aging man's strength is waning. The eleventh hour is worn-out old age, approaching death, like the sun approaches its setting at the end of the day.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nWitodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðriddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bið ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð sēo sunne, and ðǣs ealdiġendan mannes mæġen bið waniġende. Sēo endlyfte tīd bið sēo forwerode ealdnyss, þām dēaðe ġenēalǣċende, swā swā sēo sunne setlunge ġenēalǣhð on þǣs dæġes ġeendunge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the highest degree or position"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈy.fe.mest/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈy.ve.mest]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yfemest"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: no positive form",
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  "section": "Old English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
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