† aferromadv.

Forms:

α. Middle English a farrom, Middle English a farrome, Middle English a ferrom, Middle English afferrom, Middle English a fferrom, 1500s aferrom.

β. Middle English o ferrom, Middle English o ferrome, Middle English o ferrum.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: of ferren at ferren adv. 3; on ferren at ferren adv. 3.

Etymology: Partly a variant of of ferren, and partly a variant of on ferren at ferren adv. 3, in both cases with reduction of the first element (compare respectively a prep.² and a prep.¹). Compare earlier afar adv.

Obsolete.

1. From afar; from a distance. Cf. afar adv. 1.

ΘΚΠ

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

ferrenOE

afarc1225

aferromc1380

from afarc1390

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1674 (MED) Duk naymes be-fore þaym gan to fonde & afferrom lokede þo.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27372 O ferrum for to spi.

a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 89 (MED) Fayn he wold þat place haue spied, Þarfore o ferrom fast he cried.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2100 (MED) Siche flyttynge es foule..That flowe o ferrome in flawnkkes of stedez.

2. At or to a distance; afar; far away, far off. Cf. afar adv. 2.Quot. a1425 could alternatively be taken as showing sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

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

wideOE

awaya1375

upon farc1380

offc1400

aferroma1425

at length?1611

in distans1645

a1425 (c1333–52) L. Minot Poems (1914) 24 He saw þe toun o-ferrum bren.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 180 I myself haue seen o ferrom [Fr. de loins] in þat see..a gret yle.

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 48 (MED) They withdrewe theym a farrome and toke awthre of theym a grete, sharpe sper.

a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 629 Tho A-ferrom saw to worthi men comyng.

1535 in Pleadings & Depositions Duchy Court Lancaster (1897) 57 [The Bishop then caused a new bill to be made which he signed with his own hands, we standing] aferrom [in the chamber from him].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aferrom
释义	† aferromadv. Forms: α. Middle English a farrom, Middle English a farrome, Middle English a ferrom, Middle English afferrom, Middle English a fferrom, 1500s aferrom. β. Middle English o ferrom, Middle English o ferrome, Middle English o ferrum. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: of ferren at ferren adv. 3; on ferren at ferren adv. 3. Etymology: Partly a variant of of ferren, and partly a variant of on ferren at ferren adv. 3, in both cases with reduction of the first element (compare respectively a prep.² and a prep.¹). Compare earlier afar adv. Obsolete. 1. From afar; from a distance. Cf. afar adv. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > from or at a distance > from a distance ferrenOE afarc1225 aferromc1380 from afarc1390 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1674 (MED) Duk naymes be-fore þaym gan to fonde & afferrom lokede þo. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27372 O ferrum for to spi. a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 89 (MED) Fayn he wold þat place haue spied, Þarfore o ferrom fast he cried. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2100 (MED) Siche flyttynge es foule..That flowe o ferrome in flawnkkes of stedez. 2. At or to a distance; afar; far away, far off. Cf. afar adv. 2.Quot. a1425 could alternatively be taken as showing sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] wideOE awaya1375 upon farc1380 offc1400 aferroma1425 at length?1611 in distans1645 a1425 (c1333–52) L. Minot Poems (1914) 24 He saw þe toun o-ferrum bren. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 180 I myself haue seen o ferrom [Fr. de loins] in þat see..a gret yle. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 48 (MED) They withdrewe theym a farrome and toke awthre of theym a grete, sharpe sper. a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 629 Tho A-ferrom saw to worthi men comyng. 1535 in Pleadings & Depositions Duchy Court Lancaster (1897) 57 [The Bishop then caused a new bill to be made which he signed with his own hands, we standing] aferrom [in the chamber from him]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1380
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