Fier

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fier

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: far

Definitions

1 fier

adv. [fier, comp. of feor, ad] Farther; longius, ultĕrius :-- Ðeáh ðú nú fier [fyr MS. Bod.] síe ðonne ðú wǽre though thou art nowfarther than thou wast, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 33. We areccan ne mágon ðæt fædrencynn fier ówihte we cannot reckon the paternal kin any degree farther, Exon. 11b; Th. 16, 5; Cri. 248.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛁᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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