ferne

== German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === ferne inflection of fern: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular dated or northern colloquial predicative and adverbial form of fern == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English feorran, feorrane. === Adjective === ferne distant, far-off late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 13-14.