a. and adv. Obs. [f. FORTH adv. + MOST.] = FOREMOST.

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c. 950.  Lindisfarne Gospels, Matt. xx. 27. Seðe wælle betuih iuh forðmest wossa sie iuer ðea.

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c. 1425.  Engl. Conq. Irel. (1896), 16. Robert was kyndlye, hardy, & stalwarde, and euer with the forthmost in euery fight and in euery peril.

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c. 1450.  Mirour Saluacioun, 22.

                        The certein guyse es this
That of the new law forthemast a sothe reherced is.

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