feor, adv., _far, far away_: a) of space, 42, 109, 809, 1806, 1917; feor and (oððe) neáh, _far and (or) near_, 1222, 2871; feorr, 2267.--b) of time: ge feor hafað fæhðe gestæled (_has placed us under her enmity henceforth_), 1341. Comparative, fyr, feorr, and feor: fyr and fästor, 143; fyr, 252; feorr, 1989; feor, 542. feor-bûend, pt., _dwelling far away_: nom. pl. ge feor-bûend, 254. feor-cýð, st. f., _home of those living far away, distant land_: nom, pl. feor-cýððe beóð sêlran gesôhte þäm þe him selfa deáh, _foreign lands are better sought by him who trusts to his own ability_, 1839. feorh, ferh (Goth. fairhvu-s, _world_), st. m. and n., _life, principle of life, soul_: nom. sg. feorh, 2124; nô þon lange wäs feorh äðelinges flæsce bewunden, _not for much longer was the soul of the prince enveloped in the body_ (he was near death), 2425; ferh ellen wräc, _life expelled the strength_ (i.e. with the departing life the strength disappeared also), 2707; acc. sg. feorh ealgian, 797, 2656, 2669; feorh gehealdan, _preserve his life_, 2857; feorh âlegde, _gave up his life_, 852; similarly, ær he feorh seleð, 1371; feorh oðferede, _tore away her life_, 2142; ôð þät hie forlæddan tô þam lindplegan swæse gesîðas ond hyra sylfra feorh, _till in an evil hour they carried into battle their dear companions and their lives_ (i.e. led them to their death), 2041; gif þu þîn feorh hafast, 1850; ymb feorh sacan (_to fight for life_), 439; wäs in feorh dropen, _was wounded into his life_, i.e. mortally, 2982; wîdan feorh, as temporal acc., _through a wide life_, i.e. always, 2015; dat. sg. feore, 1294, 1549; tô wîdan feore, _for a wide life_, i.e. at all times, 934; on swâ geongum feore (_at a so youthful age_), 1844; as instr., 578, 3014; gen. sg. feores, 1434, 1943; dat. pl. bûton ... feorum gumena, 73; freónda feorum, 1307.--Also, _body, corpse_: þâ wäs heal hroden feónda feorum (_the hall was covered with the slain of the enemy_), 1153; gehwearf þâ in Francna fäðm feorh cyninges, _then the body of the king_ (Hygelâc) _fell into the power of the Franks_, 1211. --Comp. geogoð-feorh. feorh-bana, w. m., _(life-slayer), man-slayer, murderer_: dat. sg. feorh-bonan, 2466. feorh-ben, st. f., _wound that takes away life, mortal wound_: dat. (instr.) pl. feorh-bennum seóc, 2741. feorh-bealu, st. n., _evil destroying life, violent death_: nom. sg., 2078, 2251, 2538; acc. sg., 156. feorh-cyn, st. n., _race of the living, mankind_: gen. pl. fela feorh-cynna, 2267. feorh-genîðla, w. m., _he who seeks life, life's enemy_ (N.H.G. Tod-feind), _mortal enemy_: acc. sg. -genîðlan, 1541; dat. sg. -genîðlan, 970; acc. sg. brægd feorh-genîðlan, 1541; acc. pl. folgode feorh-genîðlan, (Ongenþeów) _pursued his mortal enemies_, 2934. feorh-lagu, st. f., _the life allotted to anyone, life determined by fate_: acc. sg. on mâðma hord mine (mînne, MS.) bebohte frôde feorh-lege, _for the treasure-hoard I sold my old life_, 2801.