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fier

  • adverb
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Grammar
fier, adv. [fier, comp. of feor, adv. far]
Wright's OE grammar
§85; §259; §556; §558;
Farther; longius, ultĕrius
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  • Ðeáh ðú nú fier [fyr MS. Bod.] síe ðonne ðú wǽre

    though thou art now farther than thou wast,

    • Bt. 5, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 8, 33.
  • We areccan ne mágon ðæt fædrencynn fier ówihte

    we cannot reckon the paternal kin any degree farther,

    • Exon. 11b
    • ;
    • Th. 16, 5
    • ;
    • Cri. 248.
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v. fyr, fyrr.
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