Feor

Part of speech: adverb, adjective

Definitions

1. Old English term meaning at a great distance, far off in space or time, as in the archaic sense of something remote
2. An archaic word from Old English describing something distant or remote, located a long way off from the speaker
3. A historical Old English adjective or adverb for that which lies far away, out of reach in distance or in time

Etymology: "Feor" is the Old English word that gave modern English "far." It meant what "far" means now: distant in space, and sometimes in time or degree. Old English used it as an adjective for a distant place and as an adverb meaning "far off" or "at a distance." The same root appears across the Germanic languages. German "fern" (far, distant), Old Norse "fjarri," and Gothic "fairra" all descend from the same ancestor, so English shares this word with its relatives on the Continent and in Scandinavia. Over the centuries, the Old English form wore down into Middle English "fer" and then into the modern spelling "far."

Synonyms: far, distant, remote

Antonyms: near, close, proximate