a. and adv. Obs. [f. FORTH adv. + MOST.] = FOREMOST.
c. 950. Lindisfarne Gospels, Matt. xx. 27. Seðe wælle betuih iuh forðmest wossa sie iuer ðea.
c. 1425. Engl. Conq. Irel. (1896), 16. Robert was kyndlye, hardy, & stalwarde, and euer with the forthmost in euery fight and in euery peril.
c. 1450. Mirour Saluacioun, 22.
| The certein guyse es this | |
| That of the new law forthemast a sothe reherced is. |
