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feor

  • adjective
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feor, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§85; §259; §426; §443; §444;
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  • Hé fæder forlét and feorr (feor, v. l.) land (feorrland? v. feor-land) sóhte

    in longinquam regionem abiit,

    • Gr. D. 106, 26.

  • Hé foerde on lond unnéh ł suiðe fearr (feor, R. adv.?)

    abiit in regionem longinquam,

    • Lk. L. 19, 12
      • .

  • Ðæt folc nolde geliéfan ðeáh him mon feorr lond (feorrland?) on fierste gehéte, gif him sóna ne sealde sum on neáweste sé him ðæt máre gehétt

    neque populus promissionibus Dei in longinquum crederet, si a promissore suo non etiam e vicino aliquid percepisset,

    • Past. 389, 33
      • .

  • Gehwylce men þe þǽr landleóde wǽron, ge þá nearran ge þá feorran (fyrran, v. l.)

    vicini vel longe positi ejusdem loci accolae,

    • Gr. D. 230, 8
      • .

  • Munecas of feorrum stówum,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 29
      • .

  • Seó fyrre Ægyptus . . . seó ús neárre Ægyptus

    Aegyptus superior . . . Aegyptus inferior,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 14, 1
      • .

  • Hé sceolde faran tó þǽre fyrran India,

    • Hml. S. 36, 256
      • .

  • In ðone firran

    in citeriorem (alvei marginem ),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 82
      • .
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O. Frs. ferr, firr
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O. Sax. ferr
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O. H. Ger. ferr(i).
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Similar entries
v. firra, fyrra in Dict.; feor-nes.
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v.  feor-land.
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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/44757.

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