Fyrlen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fyrlen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: feorlen; Related words:

Definitions

1 fyrlen

adj. Far off, distant, remote; longinquus, distans, remōtus :-- Ðeáh ðe he fyrlen sý though he be far off, Homl. Th. ii. 444, 9. For ðære fyrlenan heáhnysse for its remote elevation, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 232, 15, note 7. Sum æðelboren man ferde on fyrlen land hŏmo quidam nōbĭlis abiit in rĕgiōnem longinquam, Lk. Bos. 19, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 122, 14. To fyrlenum eardum. to distant lands, Gen. 20, 13. Mid fulluhte aþwagen fram his fyrlenum dǽdum with baptism washed from his former deeds, H. R. 107, 14. fyrlen

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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