ferne

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German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ferne

  1. inflection of fern:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
  2. dated or northern colloquial predicative and adverbial form of fern

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English feorran, feorrane.

Adjective

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ferne

  1. distant, far-off
    • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 13-14.
      And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
      To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
      And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
      To distant shrines well known in distant lands.