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feorran

  • adverb
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Grammar
feorran, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§258; §278; §288; §558;
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of space (lit. or fig.),
from a distance
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  • Gefetadne feorran

    arceri porro,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 35
      • .

  • Sume cumað swíðe feorran and habbað swíðe længe weig,

    • Solil. H. 44, 5
      • .

  • Sume hí cómon feorran (fearre, L., feorra, R. de longe),

    • Mk. 8, 3
      • .

  • Þá wíf wǽron feorran (fearra, L. R.) behealdende

    erant mulieres de longe aspicientes,

    • 15, 40
      • .

  • Fearra,

    • Rtl. 55, 28.
at a distance
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  • Ús ðé feorran

    (longe)

    wǽron,

    • Hml. Th. i. 106, 16
      • .

  • Ðá stód se mánfulla feorran (fearra, R., fearra tó, L.)

    publicanus a longe stans,

    • Lk. 18, 13
      • :
    • 23, 49
      • :
    • 17, 12
      • .

  • Petrus him fyligde feorran (feorra, R., fearre, L.

    a longe),

    • Mk. 14, 54
      • .

  • Hé feorran (feorra, R., fearra, L.

    a longe)

    geseah án fíctreów,

    • 11, 13
      • :
    • Lk. 16, 23.
of time.
of a distant past
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  • Frumsceaft fira feorran reccan

    to tell the origin of men from the most remote past,

    • B. 91
      • :
    • 2106
      • .
of a distant future
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  • Hé wolde feorran and lange ǽr cýðan his ðrowunge,

    • Hml. Th. i. 152, 29
      • .

  • Fela wítegan bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán,

    • 358, 7
      • .

  • Hé fela þing feorran wiste ǽr þan þe hit gewurde,

    • Hml. S. 31, 1009
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. ferren.
O. Sax. ferran
:
O. H. Ger. ferron.
]
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v. feorrane.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “feorran.” 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/44787.

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