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Etymology

Superlative of forma, which is itself an old simple superlative of fore: Proto-Germanic *fura + *-umô; compare Latin optimus, summus.

More Old English words

• forlætan
• forma
• forma had
• formeltan
• formieltan
• forn
• forneah
• fornefe

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