Afar off
from, at, or to a distance; far away (usually followed by off):
He saw the castle afar off.
from afar, from a long way off:
The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.
adverb
at, from, or to a great distance
noun
a great distance (esp in the phrase from afar)
adv.
contraction of Middle English of feor (late 12c.), on ferr (c.1300), from Old English feor “far” (see far); the a- representing both of and on compounds (which meant the same thing). Spelled afer in 14c.
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