Middle English Dictionary Entry
ferren(e adv.
Entry Info
Forms | ferren(e adv. Also feorren, veorren, ferne, figeren. |
Etymology | OE feorran(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ferrom.
1.
(a) From afar, from a distance; fro ~, of ~; (b) at a distance, far away; ~ to, fro ~; (c) to a distance, far; also, farther.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)22/34 : Heom mon feorran brohten of huwhilce londe æȝðer ȝe lac ȝe gafol.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)103/15 : Hie sceaweð and lokeð ferrene to, and ðus seið.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)63/692 : Þa com þe illke belial þat ha hefde ibeaten feorren to bihinden ant bigon to ȝeien.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)8/61 : Warschipe..sent ham in a sonde þet ha wel cnaweð of feorren icumen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1289 : Fif siðe tene, icudde & icorene & of feorrene [vrr. feorene, ferrene] ifat.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)17b : Ȝef eani god mon is of feorren icumen, hercnið his speche.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)70 : Ȝif eni god mon is feorrene ikumen, hercneð his speche.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1656 : Laban fagnede him..feren swunken ysaaces sunen.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1935 : He knewen him fro feren kumen.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.193 : Þou ert comen fro ferne.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25733 : Þa iseȝen heo nawiht feorren a muchel fur smokien.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26625 : Þa iseȝen heo feorren in ane uelde muchelen þreo cnihtes ærnen.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)78b : Þenne leapeð he to, þe stod ear feorren to [Nero: ueorrento], & bit deaðes bite o godes deore spuse.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2601 : Maria dowter ful feren stod.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3519 : Ðis forfrigted folc figeren stod.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1864 : Fro fer he stoden..And gleyues schoten him fro ferne.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)132/62 : Þe sonne and monne and many sterren By easte aryseþ swyþe ferren.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)5040 : Þey were nought fro þem ferne.
c
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)2441 : Heo..flodeden so faren in feld.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)10194 : Þey herd hit seye & fledde ȝit ferne.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4312 : Quen as we speke any spech, we speke ai þe treuth, And þan is still as a stane & stirs it na ferryn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)147/17 : Þonne ferð þæt folc feorrene swyðe.
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