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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1535-1576
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Farrer, a. Also: farrar, -eir. [Compar. of Far a.] Further; more distant. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxix. 420.
He … bar hyme on our stracht, & on the farrer land hym set 1535 Stewart 46400.
The farrar wyng vpoune the tother syde, The Erle of Merche had in that tyme to gyde 1576 Misc. Spalding C. II. 336.
To caus sic men to cum vnto him out of France or ony vther farreir natioun
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