fer-
Old EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proto-Germanic *fer-, unstressed form of Proto-Germanic *fur-, *fra- (“away, far”). Akin to Old High German ver-, Gothic faír-
PrefixEdit
fer-
- unstressed form of Old English prefix for-
Usage notesEdit
fer-, the unstressed form, was supplanted in later Old English in all cases by for-