(a) First (in time), earliest; forme ester dai, first day of Easter, Easter Sunday; forme lencten wek, first week of Lent; forme mete, first food, breakfast; (b) original, primitive; forme man, Adam……
(a) The physical shape of something, contour, outline; the figure or shape (of a person), body; also fig.; (b) forme and shape, shape or forme, forme and shafte, etc.
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(a) First (in time), earliest; firme throsing, primeval chaos; (b) firme birthe, first birth, primogeniture; firme birth-ehe, the right (s) of the first-born [see ē law, right]; firme-bigeten……
