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primers1 (c.1150)
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The form primiers is a cross reference to the following entry:

primers1 (c.1150)

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premers,  premiers;  primiers,  primiés  (prumieres  Treaty Rolls i 50)  
  FEW:  primarius 9,376b Gdf:  premiers 6,381b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  premier  DMF:  premier 1  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

1num.first(ly) (in a sequence), before anyone or anything else: 
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Un seinz angles del ciel li dist Que par matin celui preist Qui primers al muster veneit  S Nichol wace 145
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  (to hunt a deer:) Ses fols chens feit cure premers; Set vinz en leist aler ensemble  S Gile1 1846
( c.1185 )  Orias ad parlé premers  Proth ANTS 11343
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  E que il primers fist saveir Que fud faus e que fud veir  S Clem ANTS 1587
( 1415 )  Primiés jeo recommant humblement m’alme a Dieux  Reg Chich ii 14
♦temporalinitially, at the beginning: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  [...] Ki primers Engleterre par matire aurnas  S Aub 931
2temporalnext, subsequently: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  teles essoines sunt ajornables as courtz primers suanz  Mir Just 41
( 1338 )  le jour saint Lambert qui primiers serra  Treaty Rolls ii 6.1
3temporalimmediately: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  le primer boire de garrisson qe homme beut premiers aprés la viande de perdicion  Sz Med1 132.29
tut primers
num.first(ly) (in a sequence), before anyone or anything else: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Iloec se asistrent tuz a terre, Mes tut primiers parlat li pere  S Clem ANTS 10,380
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  si durement se combate et deffent l'issir qe les trois compaignons sont tout comme desconfitez; et Volenté s'enfuit tout primers, et sont les autres diaux pris  Sz Med1 62.28
♦temporalinitially, at the beginning: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Par femme (=Eve) sunt tuz primers malmis, Par femme (=BVM) sunt pus en joie mis  Mir N-D 170.96
a primers
num.first(ly) (in a sequence), before anyone or anything else: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  or est Yrlande, [...] U la nef ariva ki Horn out aportéé. Il eissi as premiers  Horn 2186
(tut) en primers
enprimers

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See also:

primacie  primalté  primat  prime1  primement  primerein  primereinement  primereins1  primerement  primer1  primes1  primesce1  primesce2  primices  primitifs  primur 
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