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FEOR

  • adverb
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Grammar
FEOR, feorrv, fior; comp. fyrr, fyr, fier; sup. fyrrest; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§85; §259; §556; §558;
FAR, at a distance; prŏcul, longe
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  • Ðá wǽron ðás wundru feor and wíde gemǽrsode and gecýðed

    quĭbus pătĕfactis ac diffāmātis longe lāteque mīrācŭlis,

    • Bd. 3, l0
      • ;
    • S. 535, 2: 3, 16
      • ;
    • S. 542, 16.

  • Hyra heorte is feor [feorr,

      Mt. Bos. 15, 8
    ] fram me

    cor eōrum longe est a me,

    • Mk. Bos. 7, 6: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 4
      • ;
    • Met. 24, 2.

  • Ðá gyt ðá he wæs feor his fæder, he hyne geseah

    when he was yet far from his father, he saw him,

    • Lk. Bos. 15, 20.

  • Nóht feor úrum mynstre

    non longe a monastērio nostro,

    • Bd. 5, 4
      • ;
    • S. 617, 5: Cd. 50
      • ;
    • Th. 63, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 1039.

  • Feor and neáh

    far and near,

    • Exon. 13 b
      • ;
    • Th. 24, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 390: Cd. 143
      • ;
    • Th. 177, 27
      • ;
    • Exod. 1: Beo. Th. 2447
      • ;
    • B. 1221: Andr. Kmbl. 1276
      • ;
    • An. 638.

  • We witan heonan nóht feor óðer eálond

    nōvĭmus insŭlam ăliam esse non prŏcul a nostra,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 474, 15: Beo. Th. 3615
      • ;
    • B. 1805.

  • Feor ðú dydest cúþan míne fram me

    longe fēcisti nōtos meos a me,

    • Ps. Lamb. 87, 9.

  • Hit feor on óðre wísan wæs

    it was far otherwise;

    longe ălĭter ĕrat,
    • Bd. 3, 14
      • ;
    • S. 539, 44.
beyond, moreover; ultra, porro
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  • Ge feor hafaþ fǽhþe gestǽled

    and moreover she hath set up a deadly feud,

    • Beo. Th. 2684
      • ;
    • B. 1340.
Etymology
[
Piers P. Chauc. fer
:
R. Glouc. Wyc. fer, ferr
:
Laym. feor, fer, ueor, feorre
:
Orm. feorr
:
Plat. feere, fere afar
:
O. Sax. fer
:
Frs. fier
:
O. Frs. fir, fer
:
Dut. ver, verre
:
Ger. fern
:
M. H. Ger. vërre
:
O. H. Ger. fer
:
Goth. fairra
:
Dan. fiern
:
Swed. fjerran
:
Icel. fjarri far off
:
Lat. porro
:
Grk. πόρρω
:
Sansk. pra forth, away
.]
Derived forms
un-feor
Linked entries
v.  feorr fior.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FEOR.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10380.

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  • FEOR, adv.

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