Fearn
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Last name: Fearner is derived from To fearn is an old word for navigating a boat, by any means.

Fearn may refer to:
  • Fearn (letter)
    Fearn (letter)
    Fearn is the Irish name of the third letter of the Ogham alphabet, , meaning "alder-tree". In Old Irish, the letter name was Fern, which is related to Welsh gwern. Its Primitive Irish root was * and its phonetic value then was [w]. Its Old Irish and modern phonetic value is [f]....

    , the third letter of the Ogham
    Ogham
    Ogham is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the Old Irish language, and occasionally the Brythonic language. Ogham is sometimes called the "Celtic Tree Alphabet", based on a High Medieval Bríatharogam tradition ascribing names of trees to the individual letters.There are roughly...

     alphabet, as named in Irish
  • Hill of Fearn
    Hill of Fearn
    Hill of Fearn is a small village near Tain in Easter Ross, in the Scottish council area of Highland.-Geography:The village is on the B9165 road, between the A9 trunk road and the smaller hamlet of Fearn to the southeast. The parish church of Fearn Abbey stands a few minutes walk to the south-east...

    , a village in Easter Ross, Scotland
  • Fearn, Highland
    Fearn, Highland
    Fearn is a hamlet, situated 1 mile south of Loch Eye and 2 miles northwest of Balintore, in easter Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.The larger village of Hill of Fearn lies directly northeast of the hamlet....

    , a small hamlet near Hill of Fearn
    • Fearn railway station
      Fearn railway station
      Fearn railway station is a railway station serving the village of Hill of Fearn in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated on the Far North Line and is also the nearest station to Portmahomack and the Nigg Bay area of Easter Ross. The railway through Fearn station is single track, the...

      , serving the two.
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