ferne

ferne

1. inflection of fern:
   1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative and accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular

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.