Obs. Forms: 1 fullǽst, fullést, fylst, 23 fulst. [OE. fullǽst, fullést, fylst = OFris. folliste, folste, fulliste, OS. fullêsti, OHG. folleist, follist; connected with next verb.] Assistance, support, furtherance.
a. 1000. Boeth. Metr. xxiii. 14. Mid Godes fylste.
a. 1000. Cædmons Exod., 553 (Gr.).
Micel is þeos meniȝeo mæȝenwisa trum, | |
fullesta mæst, se þas fare lædeþ! |
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 113. He ne mei habben nane mihte to riht butan godes fulste swa god cweð.
c. 1205. Lay., 1747.
Þa Corine of wode com, | |
mid michelene ferde, | |
Brutun to fulste. |
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 17. Hire forme fulst is sihðe.