ferne
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See also: Ferne
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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ferne
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English feorran, feorrane.
Adjective[edit]
ferne
- 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.
- And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 13-14.