Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
far .
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Examples
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Se þonne þisne wealsteal wise geþohte ond þis deorce lif deope geondþenceð, frod in ferðe, feor oft gemon wælsleahta worn, ond þas word acwið:
Archive 2007-06-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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So noo ye knaa hoo aall the folks On byeth sides of the Wear Lost lots o' sheep an' lots o' sleep An' lived in mortal feor.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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So noo ye knaa hoo aall the folks On byeth sides of the Wear Lost lots o' sheep an' lots o' sleep An' lived in mortal feor.
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Se þonne þisne wealsteal wise geþohte ond þis deorce lif deope geondþenceð, frod in ferðe, feor oft gemon wælsleahta worn, ond þas word acwið:
Last of the Time Lords Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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Ofte heo stilleliche spækeð {;} ⁊ spilieð mid runen. of twam ȝu {n} ge monnen {;} þat feor wunieð hennen.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Scolde his aldor-gedâl on þäm däge þysses lîfes earmlîc wurðan and se ellor-gâst on feónda geweald feor sîðian.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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-- Comp.: feor -, fold -, forð -, wîd-weg. wegan, st.v. w. acc., _to bear, wear, bring, possess_: subj.pres. nâh hwâ sweord wege (_I have none that may bear the sword_), 2253; inf. nalles
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Hêt þâ up beran äðelinga gestreón, frätwe and fät-gold; näs him feor þanon tô gesêcanne sinces bryttan:
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Others read feor - [mie], = _furbish_, for fetige: _I own not one who may_, etc.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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See feor. fyrian, w.v. w.acc. (= ferian) _to bear, to bring, carry_: pret.pl. þâ þe gif-sceattas Geáta fyredon þyder tô þance, 378. fyras.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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