† ferrenadv.adj.

Forms: Old English feorran, feorran(n)e, feorrene, Middle English ferren(e, (Middle English feren, verren, Middle English ferynne, furrene), Middle English feorre(n, Middle English ferne, 1500s farren. Also (after prepositions of, on) ferrom(e, ferrum; see aferrom adv.

Etymology: Old English feorran , feorrane , feorrene , corresponding to Old Saxon ferrana , ferran , Old High German ferrana , -no , < Old Germanic *ferr- far adv. The adjective appears first in 12th cent.; its development from the adverb is paralleled in the modern German fern.

Obsolete.

A. adv.

1. From far, from a distance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > from or at a distance > from a distance

ferrenOE

afarc1225

aferromc1380

from afarc1390

OE Cynewulf Elene 992 Næs þa fricgendra under goldhoman gad in burgum, feorran geferede.

OE Beowulf 839 Feorran ond nean.

OE Genesis 1836 Saga þu, Sarra, þæt þu sie sweostor min, lices mæge, þonne þe leodweras fremde fricgen hwæt sie freondlufu ellðeodigra uncer twega, feorren cumenra.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 57 Ȝef ani god mon is of feorren icomen.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1320 Hwat canstu..of storre, Bute that thu bi-haitest hi feorre?

2. Afar, far away, at or to a distance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > at or to a distance

ferrenc888

farc900

longOE

afarc1300

yond13..

on length1340

alonga1382

adreigha1393

on dreicha1400

afar offc1400

far-aboutc1450

alengtha1500

distantlya1500

remote1589

remotely1609

yferrea1643

out of his (her, its, etc.) way1650

adistance1807

away1818

way1833

way off1836

way out1840

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §5 Ða ongon he sprecan swiðe feorran ymbuton.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvi. 58 Petrus hym fylide feorrane.

a1225 Juliana 71 Þa..belial þat ha hefde ibeaten feorren to bihinden.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12842 Þa iseȝen heo nawiht feorren [c1300 Otho vorre] a muchel fur smokien.

c1315 Shoreham 137 The sonne and monne and many sterren By easte arysethe swythe ferren.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2601 Maria dowter ful feren stod.

3. Preceded by preposition; of, on, from ferren (ferrom)): from or at a distance; see aferrom adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > from or at a distance

of, on, from ferren (ferrom)OE

OE Maxims I 52 Onginnað grome fundian fealwe on feorran to londe, hwæþer he fæste stonde.

OE Monastic Canticles (Vesp. D.xii) (1976) ii. 18 Meditabitur tuum cor timorem de longe : smeað þin heorte ege of feorran.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine 1289 Icorene & of feorrene [v.rr. feorene, ferrene] ifat [i.e. fetched].

a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 249 A sonde..of feorren icumen.

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1864 Gleyues schoten him fro ferne.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5751 Als moises on ferrum þoȝt.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11744 Þai lokid þaim on ferrom fra.

a1400–50 Alexander 5520 In hokis of iren Flesch on ferrom þaim fra.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xvi. 72 Þe whilk men may see on ferrum.

c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. vi. iii. 5 Shyppes came..Fro ferrome sene.

B. adj.

Distant, far, remote.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective]

sideOE

fara1000

ferrenc1160

lungeteync1330

on dreicha1400

yondera1413

widec1425

roomc1443

lontaignec1450

remote1533

distant1549

remotedc1580

disloigned1596

discoasted1598

dissite1600

far-off1600

aloof1608

longinque1614

distantial1648

Atlantic1790

far-distant1793

far-away1816

far-apart1865

way off1871

c1160 Hatton Gosp. Luke xix. 12 Sum æthelboren man ferde on ferren [c1000 Corpus fyrlen] land.

c1250 O. Kent Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. (1871) 27 Þo þrie kinges of heþenesse þet comen fram verrene londes ure louerd to seche.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1664 Ȝef ferrene [c1300 Otho honcuþe] kinges hiherde þa tidinde.

c1305 S. Kather. 20 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 90 So moche folc of furrene lond.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. vii. 60 Al þouȝ [þat] renoune y-spradde passynge to ferne poeples goþ by dyuerse tonges.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 14 Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrymages..To ferne halwes.

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 745 Þere come foure clerkes to Wyltone from ferne lond.

1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Hii In farren contreis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ferren
释义	† ferrenadv.adj. Forms: Old English feorran, feorran(n)e, feorrene, Middle English ferren(e, (Middle English feren, verren, Middle English ferynne, furrene), Middle English feorre(n, Middle English ferne, 1500s farren. Also (after prepositions of, on) ferrom(e, ferrum; see aferrom adv. Etymology: Old English feorran , feorrane , feorrene , corresponding to Old Saxon ferrana , ferran , Old High German ferrana , -no , < Old Germanic ferr- far adv. The adjective appears first in 12th cent.; its development from the adverb is paralleled in the modern German fern. Obsolete. A. adv. 1. From far, from a distance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > from or at a distance > from a distance ferrenOE afarc1225 aferromc1380 from afarc1390 OE Cynewulf Elene* 992 Næs þa fricgendra under goldhoman gad in burgum, feorran geferede. OE Beowulf 839 Feorran ond nean. OE Genesis 1836 Saga þu, Sarra, þæt þu sie sweostor min, lices mæge, þonne þe leodweras fremde fricgen hwæt sie freondlufu ellðeodigra uncer twega, feorren cumenra. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 57 Ȝef ani god mon is of feorren icomen. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1320 Hwat canstu..of storre, Bute that thu bi-haitest hi feorre? 2. Afar, far away, at or to a distance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > at or to a distance ferrenc888 farc900 longOE afarc1300 yond13.. on length1340 alonga1382 adreigha1393 on dreicha1400 afar offc1400 far-aboutc1450 alengtha1500 distantlya1500 remote1589 remotely1609 yferrea1643 out of his (her, its, etc.) way1650 adistance1807 away1818 way1833 way1833 way off1836 way out1840 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §5 Ða ongon he sprecan swiðe feorran ymbuton. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvi. 58 Petrus hym fylide feorrane. a1225 Juliana 71 Þa..belial þat ha hefde ibeaten feorren to bihinden. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12842 Þa iseȝen heo nawiht feorren [c1300 Otho vorre] a muchel fur smokien. c1315 Shoreham 137 The sonne and monne and many sterren By easte arysethe swythe ferren. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2601 Maria dowter ful feren stod. 3. Preceded by preposition; of, on, from ferren (ferrom)): from or at a distance; see aferrom adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > from or at a distance of, on, from ferren (ferrom)OE OE Maxims I 52 Onginnað grome fundian fealwe on feorran to londe, hwæþer he fæste stonde. OE Monastic Canticles (Vesp. D.xii) (1976) ii. 18 Meditabitur tuum cor timorem de longe : smeað þin heorte ege of feorran. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine 1289 Icorene & of feorrene [v.rr. feorene, ferrene] ifat [i.e. fetched]. a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 249 A sonde..of feorren icumen. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1864 Gleyues schoten him fro ferne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5751 Als moises on ferrum þoȝt. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11744 Þai lokid þaim on ferrom fra. a1400–50 Alexander 5520 In hokis of iren Flesch on ferrom þaim fra. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xvi. 72 Þe whilk men may see on ferrum. c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. vi. iii. 5 Shyppes came..Fro ferrome sene. B. adj. Distant, far, remote. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] sideOE fara1000 ferrenc1160 lungeteync1330 on dreicha1400 yondera1413 widec1425 roomc1443 lontaignec1450 remote1533 distant1549 remotedc1580 disloigned1596 discoasted1598 dissite1600 far-off1600 aloof1608 longinque1614 distantial1648 Atlantic1790 far-distant1793 far-away1816 far-apart1865 way off1871 c1160 Hatton Gosp. Luke xix. 12 Sum æthelboren man ferde on ferren [c1000 Corpus fyrlen] land. c1250 O. Kent Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. (1871) 27 Þo þrie kinges of heþenesse þet comen fram verrene londes ure louerd to seche. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1664 Ȝef ferrene [c1300 Otho honcuþe] kinges hiherde þa tidinde. c1305 S. Kather. 20 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 90 So moche folc of furrene lond. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. vii. 60 Al þouȝ [þat] renoune y-spradde passynge to ferne poeples goþ by dyuerse tonges. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 14 Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrymages..To ferne halwes. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 745 Þere come foure clerkes to Wyltone from ferne lond. 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Hii In farren contreis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.c888
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