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un-feor

  • adverb
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Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr; adv.
Not far off.
marking position, at no great distance off,
Grammar
un-feor, where the point from which the distance is measured is given by an adverb
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  • Ðǽr wæs unfeorr (-feor, MS. A.) án swýna heord

    erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30.
  • Ðá geseah hé deófol ðǽr unfeor standan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 227, 24.
Grammar
un-feor, with dative
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  • Ðá hé wæs unfeor ðam húse

    cum non longe esset a domo,

    • Lk. Skt. 7, 6.
  • Ðæt is unfeor ðære byrig Neapoli

    quod est non longe a Neapoli,

    • Bd. 4, 1
    • ;
    • S. 563, 30: Cd. Th. 125, 22
    • ;
    • Gen. 2083.
  • Unfeor herge

    haud procul a delubro,

    • Hpt. Gl. 493, 36.
Grammar
un-feor, with dative and adverb
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  • Se rinc him ðǽr rom geseah unfeor þanon standan,

    • Cd. Th. 177, 9
    • ;
    • Gen. 2927.
Grammar
un-feor, with preposition
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  • Hí wǽron unfeor fram lande

    non longe erant a terra,

    • Jn. Skt. 21, 8.
  • Fram ðam mynstre unfeor wæs ðære abbudissan mynster

    a quo (monasterio) non longe, illa monasterium habebat,

    • Bd. 3, 11
    • ;
    • S. 536, 1.
where the point from which distance is measured is implied
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  • Wutað ðætte unfeorr sié

    scitote quod in proximo sit,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 29.
with verbs of motion, (to) no great distance
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  • Hig wendan, unfeorr út on Wealas

    they marched a short distance into Wales,

    • Chr. 1055
    • ;
    • Erl. 190, 12.
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  • un-feor, adv.