ferne

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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

From Old English feorran, feorrane.

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.