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ferd
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??(?)d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English ferde, feord, furd, from Old English fierd (“army”), from Proto-West Germanic *fardi, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey, expedition”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to put across, ferry”). Cognate with Old Frisian ferd, fart (“an expedition, journey”), Old High German fart (“journey”) (German Fahrt), Danish færd (“voyage, travel”). Doublet of fyrd. More at fare.
Noun
ferd (plural ferds)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Impetus, speed.
- (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) A journey.
- (obsolete) An army, a host.
- (obsolete) A military expedition.
- c. 1050, The Paris Psalter
- Þeah þu mid us ne fare on fyrd...
- (Though thou with us not fare on a ferd...)
- c. 1050, The Paris Psalter
- (obsolete) A company, band, or group.
- c. 1400, The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy
- And foure scoure fyne shippes to the flete broght... with fyfty, in a furthe, all of fuerse vesell.
- (And four score fine ships to the fleet brought... with fifty in a ferd, all of fierce vessel.)
- 1986, Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, Douglas Gray, Middle English literature - Volume 1 - Page 89:
- For him a lord (British or Roman) is essentially a leader of a 'ferd' (OE fyrd); […]
- c. 1400, The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy
Usage notes
- This word in its Anglo-Saxon form, fyrd, is used historically in a technical sense.
Derived terms
- landfyrd
- shipfyrd
- ferdfare
- ferdwite
Related terms
- here
References
- “ferd”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLC 57069714
- “ferd”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLC 57069714
Etymology 2
From Middle English feren (“to fear”). More at fear.
Noun
ferd (usually uncountable, plural ferds)
- (obsolete) Fear.
Anagrams
- Fred, derf
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse ferð.
Noun
ferd f or m (definite singular ferda or ferden, indefinite plural ferder, definite plural ferdene)
- journey, voyage, expedition
- være i verd med (also written as iferd): to be on the point of, to be busy with
Derived terms
- folkeferd n
- gjenferd n
- pilegrimsferd
- triumfferd
References
- “ferd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ferd” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse ferð.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fæ?r/, /f?rd/
Noun
ferd f (definite singular ferda, indefinite plural ferder, definite plural ferdene)
- journey, travel
- group of people
- vere i verd med: to be on the point of, to be busy with
Derived terms
- ferdsel
- gjenferd n
- pilegrimsferd
- triumfferd
Verb
ferd
- imperative of ferda and ferde
References
- “ferd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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fer
English
Pronunciation
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /f?(?)/
Preposition
fer
- (dialectal, especially Britain) Pronunciation spelling of for.
References
- fer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- REF, RFE, Ref, Ref., erf, ref
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?.
Verb
fer
- to make
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?fe/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?fe?/
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan far, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?, from Proto-Italic *faki?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”).
Verb
fer (first-person singular present faig, past participle fet)
- to make, produce
- to make up
- to do, to cause to be done
- to make do
- to give
- to lay
- to cause
- to go
- (impersonal, of weather) to be
- to play
- to measure
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan fèr), from Latin ferus (compare French fier, Spanish fiero), from Proto-Indo-European *??wer-.
Adjective
fer (feminine fera, masculine plural fers, feminine plural feres)
- wild (untamed, not domesticated)
Related terms
Further reading
- “fer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fer” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “fer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe??/
- Homophone: ferð
Verb
fer
- third-person singular present of fara
French
Etymology
From Middle French fer, from Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??/
- Homophones: fers, faire
Noun
fer m (plural fers)
- iron
- shoe (for horse); steel tip
- (golf) iron
- iron (appliance)
- (in the plural, archaic) irons, fetters
Derived terms
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: fè
- Haitian Creole: fè
- Karipúna Creole French: fé
- Louisiana Creole French: fèr, fè
Further reading
- “fer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hunsrik
Etymology
Compare Pennsylvania German fer, German für and English for.
Preposition
fer
- for
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Icelandic
Verb
fer
- inflection of fara:
- first-person singular present indicative
- third-person singular present indicative
Latin
Verb
fer
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of for
- second-person singular present active imperative of fer?
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?r/
Noun
fer m (plural fir)
- man
- one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)
- used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to a person, object or animal
Synonyms
- dooinney
Derived terms
- ard-er
- fer ynsee
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French faire.
Verb
fer (medial form fer)
- To make
- To do
Derived terms
- kifer
Middle English
Alternative forms
- feor, for, fur, feer, ver, veir, far
Etymology
From Old English feorr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?r/
Adjective
fer
- Far.
Descendants
- English: far
- Scots: faur
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fer.
Noun
fer m (plural fers)
- iron (metal)
- (by extension) (iron) sword
Descendants
- French: fer (see there for further descendants)
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *????? (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?er/
Noun
fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)
- man
- c. 1000, Anonymous; published in (1935) , Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 13, page 2: “In fer no·t?h??ged iarsint ?ligi do·bered in n-a?l isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din ch?tgab?il, iss ed no·ithed. [Each man who came along the way would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, “The man who…”)]”
Descendants
- Irish: fear
- Manx: fer
- Scottish Gaelic: fear
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Norman
Alternative forms
- faer (Guernsey)
- fé (France, Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.
Noun
fer m (uncountable)
- (Sark) iron
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
fer
- present tense of fara and fare
Occitan
Verb
fer
- Alternative form of faire
Conjugation
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin ferrum.
Noun
fer m (oblique plural fers, nominative singular fers, nominative plural fer)
- iron (metal)
- (by extension) sword (made of iron)
Descendants
- Middle French: fer
- French: fer (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: fé (France, Jersey), faer (Guernsey), fer (Sark)
- Walloon: fier
Etymology 2
From Latin ferum, accusative of ferus (“wild”)
Adjective
fer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)
- cruel; harsh
- fierce; ferocious
Declension
Descendants
- ? English: fierce (from the nominative singular fers)
- French: fier
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fier)
- fer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old High German
Etymology
From West Proto-Germanic *ferrai., whence also Old English feorr.
Adjective
fer
- remote
Adverb
fer
- far
References
- Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?er/
Etymology 1
From Primitive Irish *????? (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Sanskrit ??? (v?rá) and Gothic ???????????????? (wair).
Noun
fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)
- man
- husband
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c10
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c10
Declension
Derived terms
- oín?er
Descendants
- Middle Irish: fer
- Irish: fear
- Manx: fer
- Scottish Gaelic: fear
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
fer
- second-person singular imperative of feraid
·fer
- third-person singular preterite conjunct of feraid
Mutation
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- ferr, ferro
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?r/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form
Adverb
fer
- far
Descendants
- Middle Low German: verre
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *ferro.
Adjective
fer
- far
Declension
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German für, Dutch voor, English for, Hunsrik fer.
Preposition
fer
- for
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?r/
Noun
fer m
- iron
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) far
Etymology
From Latin faci?, facere.
Verb
fer
- (Puter) to do, make
Scots
Alternative forms
- fere, ferr
Pronunciation
- (Hawick) IPA(key): /?f?r/
Adjective
fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)
- (South Scots) far
Derived terms
- fer ahint
- fer away
- fer ben
- ferness (“farness”)
- ferrer (“farther”)
- ferrest (“farthest”)
- fer sichty (“far-sighted”)
- ferther (“farther”)
- ferthest (“farthest”)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From English fair.
Adjective
fer (Cyrillic spelling ???)
- fair
Adverb
fer (Cyrillic spelling ???)
- fairly
Welsh
Adjective
fer
- Soft mutation of ber (“short”).
Mutation
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