† fernyearn.adv.

Forms: α. Old English fyrngéar, Middle English fernȝere, -yere, (Middle English ferner), Middle English, 1700s, 1800s fernyear, 1800s Scottish foirnyear. β. Middle English ivurnȝer; also fern year.

Etymology: Old English fyrngéar : see fern adj. and year n. From 14th cent. often as two words, the adjective being inflected in Middle English.

Obsolete.

A. n.

1. A past year.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > a year before or after > a past year

fernyearc1000

c1000 Gnomic Vers. (Cott.) (Gr.) 12 Fyrngearum frod.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12546 I þan iuurn ȝere.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 5 How fele fernȝeres are faren and so fewe to come.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 32 Yf myn aunte..bethought her wel of olde ferners, she wolde not suffre that I shold haue ony harme.

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. vii^v Old farne yeres.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ii. sig. Aii^v Ye regarde..good prouerbs of olde ferne yeres [1556 ferne yeeres].

2. Last year, ‘yester-year’. [Compare modern German firnewein wine of last year.] ¶Skinner took Chaucer's ferne yere to mean February! Hence in Coles 1692–1732.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > a year before or after > last year

fernyearc1374

yesteryear1846

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1176 Farwel al the snowgh of ferne yere!

1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 423 I dar nat speke a word of ferne yeer.

1669 Hist. Sir Eger 17 He..then told him a fern-years tale.

1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xviii. 14 If I live anither year, I'll ca' this year fern~year.

B. adv.

(a) In past years. [Compare Old English fyrngéara , where the second element = yore adv.] (b) In the course of last year.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb]

erea822

fernOE

whileOE

erera1000

whilereOE

onceOE

somewhile1154

whilomc1175

herebeforec1200

somewhilesa1250

yorea1250

orc1275

rather?a1300

erewhilec1305

sometimea1325

sometimec1330

at or in sometime1340

in arrear1340

heretoforea1375

fernyear1377

once upon a timec1380

behinds1382

beforetimea1393

of olda1393

erenow1393

umquhilea1400

erst14..

fornec1400

yore whilec1400

of before1402

late1423

abefore1431

beforetimes1449

whilesc1480

sometime1490

aforrow?a1513

behind1526

quondamc1540

in foretime(s?c1550

erstwhile1569

erstwhiles1569

aleare1581

erewhiles1584

sometimes1597

formerly1599

anciently1624

olim1645

somewhile since1652

quondamly1663

forepassed1664

sometimea1684

backward1691

historically1753

time back1812

had-been1835

when1962

the world > time > period > year > [adverb] > last year

fernyear1377

c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) xciv. 9 [xcv. 8] Swa on grimnesse, fyrn-geara dydan.]

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 440 The kyndenesse þat myne euene-cristene kidde me fernyere.

1794 Har'st Rig cxxxix. 43 They'll..reckon up what time fernyear The Kirn was held.

1806 J. Nicol Poems II. 3 (Jam.) He, fairnyear, 'gainst the en'mie's power, Wi a choice gang had wander'd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fernyear
释义	† fernyearn.adv. Forms: α. Old English fyrngéar, Middle English fernȝere, -yere, (Middle English ferner), Middle English, 1700s, 1800s fernyear, 1800s Scottish foirnyear. β. Middle English ivurnȝer; also fern year. Etymology: Old English fyrngéar : see fern adj. and year n. From 14th cent. often as two words, the adjective being inflected in Middle English. Obsolete. A. n. 1. A past year. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > a year before or after > a past year fernyearc1000 c1000 Gnomic Vers. (Cott.) (Gr.) 12 Fyrngearum frod. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12546 I þan iuurn ȝere. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 5 How fele fernȝeres are faren and so fewe to come. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 32 Yf myn aunte..bethought her wel of olde ferners, she wolde not suffre that I shold haue ony harme. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. vii^v Old farne yeres. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ii. sig. Aii^v Ye regarde..good prouerbs of olde ferne yeres [1556 ferne yeeres]. 2. Last year, ‘yester-year’. [Compare modern German firnewein wine of last year.] ¶Skinner took Chaucer's ferne yere to mean February! Hence in Coles 1692–1732. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > a year before or after > last year fernyearc1374 yesteryear1846 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1176 Farwel al the snowgh of ferne yere! 1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 423 I dar nat speke a word of ferne yeer. 1669 Hist. Sir Eger 17 He..then told him a fern-years tale. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xviii. 14 If I live anither year, I'll ca' this year fern~year. B. adv. (a) In past years. [Compare Old English fyrngéara , where the second element = yore adv.] (b) In the course of last year. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 the world > time > period > year > [adverb] > last year fernyear1377 c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) xciv. 9 [xcv. 8] Swa on grimnesse, fyrn-geara dydan.] 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 440 The kyndenesse þat myne euene-cristene kidde me fernyere. 1794 Har'st Rig cxxxix. 43 They'll..reckon up what time fernyear The Kirn was held. 1806 J. Nicol Poems II. 3 (Jam.) He, fairnyear, 'gainst the en'mie's power, Wi a choice gang had wander'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adv.c1000
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