Middle English Dictionary Entry
firmest adj.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | firmest adj.(2) Also firmast. |
| Etymology | From ME fir(re , comp. of fer far. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Farthest (in time), at the latest.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4086 : God moysen nemnen bead His folc ðe was firmest fro dead, Or xx winter or more hold.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)45/36 : Eche broþer of þe bretherhede schal paye euery ȝer atte foure tymes oþer ones in þe ȝer ij s., atte firmast tofore þe day of þe acompt of þe maistres, so þat þe wardeins mowe here acompt ȝeld clerelich.