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feor, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§85; §259; §556; §558;
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at a great distance.
of space,
absolute
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  • Þú feorr gehogodest sæcce sécean,

    • B. 1988
      • .

  • Hé wæs him feor (suíðe fearr, L., swíðe fear, R.)

    ipse peregre fuit,

    • Lk. 20, 9
      • .
where point from which distance is measured is given,
in dative
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  • Þá foreweardas wǽron feor ðǽm fæstenne gesette,

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 200, 12
      • .

  • Swá se móna bið þǽre sunnan fyrr,

    • Mart. H. 44, 2
      • .

  • Þá se móna wæs þǽre sunnan firrest,

    • Ors. 6, 2
      • ;
    • S. 256, 18
      • .
by adverb or with prep.
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  • Feor þonan,

    • Ph. 415
      • :
    • B. 1805
      • .

  • Feor heonon,

    • Gen. 2279
      • :
    • 2513
      • :
    • Seef. 37
      • .

  • Náht feor from þæs mæssepreóstes sídan,

    • Bl. H. 43, 26
      • .

  • Hit is swíþe feor (swá fyrr, v. l.) of uncrum wege,

    • Bt. 40, 5
      • ;
    • F. 240, 18
      • .
of time
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  • Þæt wæs oft bodod feor ǽr beforan,

    • El. 1142
      • .
figuratively of alienation, avoidance, &c.
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  • Ðeáh seó godcunde sibb him feorr (fior, v. l.) sié,

    • Past. 363, 19
      • .

  • Ys heora heorte feor fram mé,

    • Bl. H. 69, 25
      • .

  • Þé firina gehwylc feor ábúgeð,

    • Cri. 56
      • .
of remoteness of relationship
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  • Þá þe beóð feor (feorr, v. l.) heora cneórisse fram him ácende quae sunt ab illis longa progenie generata,
      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 4.
in deprecatory phrases
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  • Feor sí

    absit,

    • An. Ox. 5115
      • .

  • Ac feor (feorr, v. l.) þæt lá sié, ꝥ . . .

    sed absit, ut . . . ,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • Sch. 67, 19.

  • Fearr,

    • Mt. L. 16, 22
      • :
    • Rtl. 100, 37
      • .

  • Gif hit ꝥ wǽre, swá hit feor þám sý,

    • Hml. S. 33, 222
      • .
to a great distance.
of space,
absolute
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  • Fearr færende wæs

    peregre profectus est,

    • Mt. 21, 33
      • .

  • Feor (fearr, L.),

    • Mk. R. 12, 1
      • :
    • 13, 34
      • .

  • Firr gáa

    longius ire,

    • Lk. L. 24, 28
      • .

  • Ǽrendian fyr swá nýr swá hwyder swá him mon tó tǽcð,

    • Ll. Th. i. 432, 18
      • .
where point from which distance is measured is given,
in dative
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  • Hé hwearf mondreámum feor,

    • B. 1715
      • .
with a prep.
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  • Nó hé wiht fram mé feor fleótan meahte,

    • B. 542
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  • Hé hine feor forwræc mancynne fram,

    • 109.

  • Of þan feán feor áworpen,

    • Cri. 1405
      • .
where direction is given
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  • Feor úp ofer wolcnu windan,

    • Met. 24, 9.
far in various directions, widely
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  • Feor

    longiuscule, i. late,

    • An. Ox. 3939
      • :
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 31
      • .
with verbs of seeing
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  • Hí ne magon feor geseón,

    • Ps. Th. 113, 13
      • :
    • 134, 16
      • :
    • B. 1916
      • .

  • Wiþ eágna miste monige men lóciað on ceald wæter, and þonne magon fyr geseón,

    • Lch. ii. 26, 14
      • .
figuratively
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  • Ne þú mé fram þínum bebodum feor ádrífe

    ne repellas me a mandatis tuis,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 10
      • .

  • Wé beóð suá micle fier (fierr, v. l.) gewitene fram úrum æfterran mǽge, suá wé oftor áslídað on ðǽm unðeáwe,

    • Past. 313, 16
      • .
of time,
to a distant past
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  • Hé feor oft gemon wælsleahta worn

    his thoughts go back to a time long past and he remembers many a fatal fight,

    • Wand. 90
      • :
    • B. 1701
      • .
of progressive action or condition
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  • Ne wæs hé nóht feor on oferhygd áhafen,

    • Bl. H. 215, 32
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  • Hé fór siððan firr an Grécas and gewin upp áhóf wið Athenienses

    deinde in Athenienses impetum fecit atque arma direxit,

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 78, 21
      • .
marking separation,
by a great space, widely (lit. or fig.)
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  • Hwanne besmát hine seó scyld þǽre fealasprecolnesse, þone þe swá feor from eallum monnum ádǽled wǽs?,

    • Bl. H. 169, 5
      • :
    • Gen. 2322
      • .

  • Wé micle fier (fierr, v. l.) beóð ðǽm hiéhstan ryhte áðiédde,

    • Past. 355, 8
      • .
marking inequality or unlikeness.
far (more), far (other)
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  • Feorr on óþre wísan

    longe aliter,

    • Gr. D. 326, 27
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  • Fior

    porro (omnia fabrorum porro molimina vincit,

    • Ald. 142, 25
      • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 63
      • .
as predicate with dat.,
quite different from
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  • Þincþ þám ungelǽredum þæt eall ꝥ andgit beó belocen on þǽre ánfealdan gerecednisse, ac hit is swíþe feor þám,

    • Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 32.

  • "Mé gecýð hwilc se wer wǽre". . . Cwæð se þearfa: "Se man wæs swíþe feorr and ungelíc þysum mannum"

    "mihi qualis vir fuerit innotesce." Qui ait: "Homo ille longe fuit ab istis hominibus,"

    • Gr. D. 79, 29
      • .
to or from a distant source
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  • Wé áreccan ne magon þæt fædrencynn fier ówihte

    we cannot trace the pedigree further,

    • Cri. 248
      • .
where the distance is determined:
by accompanying adverbs or phrases
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  • Þá wæs hé swá feor norþ swá þá hwælhuntan firrest faraþ. Þá fór hé swá feor swá hé meahte on þám óþrum þrím dagum gesiglan,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 17, 11-13
      • .

  • Swá feor ofdúne swá man geseón mihte feorst (fyrrest, v. l.),

    • Gr. D. 212, 24.

  • Nú gé þus feor hider on úrne eard in becómen,

    • By. 57
      • .

  • Ic wiste ꝥ þú út áfaren ware, ac ic nyste hú feor,

    • Bt. 5, 1
      • ;
    • F. 8, 33.
by numerals
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  • Hé of þǽre ylcan stówe wæs uneáðe gefaren týn mílum feor (feorr, v. l.)

    a loco eodem vix decem millibus aberat,

    • Gr. D. 120, 4
      • .

  • Þæt hé on twéntigum fótmǽlum feor funde,

    • El. 831
      • .
almost with force of substantive = a great distance.
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Cf. IV. a. 2.
of space
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  • Nis þæt feor heonon þæt se mere standeð,

    • B. 1361
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of time
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  • Hé frægn hú néh þǽre tíde wǽre þætte þá bróþor árísan sceoldon . . . Andswaredon hí: "Nis hit feor tó þon"

    (non longe est),

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • Sch. 490, 25
      • .

  • Wé witon ꝥ hit nis nó feor tó þon

    (the end of the world)

    . . . Nis ꝥ feor tó þon ꝥ ꝥ eác geweorþan sceal,

    • Bl. H. 117, 29-34
      • .

  • Nis þéo ende feor

    it is not far to the end for thee,

    • Gú. 1179
      • :
    • 1139
      • .

  • Nis nú ende feor ꝥ wé sceolon ætsomne súsel þrowian,

    • Sat. 40
      • .
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v. fyrr, fyr, fier, fyrrest in Dict.
Linked entries
v.  fyr fier firr.
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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/44756.

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