Meanings
alternative first-fruits · alternative firstfruits
- pluralplural onlyThe first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering
1 more example
And Pitheus alſo had giuen it out abroad, that he was begotten of Neptune, becauſe the TROEZENIANS haue this god in great veneration, and doe worſhip him as patron and protector of their citie, making offerings to him of their firſt fruits: and they haue for the marke and ſtamp of their money, the three picked mace, which is the ſigne of Neptune, called his Trident.
1595, The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, Compared together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translation of original in Ancient Greek, page 3 - pluralplural onlyThe first profits from an undertaking
Origin
- Middle Englishfirste fruytes
- Englishfirst fruits
From Middle English firste fruytes, fyrste frutes, furste frutes (“first fruits”), equivalent to first + fruits.
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Finnish ensisato, uutinen
- ensisatothe first part of a harvest
- uutinenthe first part of a harvest
Polish pierwsze żniwa
- pierwsze żniwathe first part of a harvest
Romanian pârgă
- pârgăthe first part of a harvest
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