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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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fern
English
Etymology
From Middle English ferne, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”). Cognate with West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, German Farn, Lithuanian spar?nas, Avestan ????????????????????????? (par?na), Kamkata-viri por, Sanskrit ???? (par?á).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f?n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
Noun
fern (plural ferns)
- Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
Synonyms
- (Pteridophyta): Filicophyta (archaic)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- bracken
Further reading
- fern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- fren, fren', nerf
German
Etymology
From Old High German ferrana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??n/
- Rhymes: -??n
Adjective
fern (comparative ferner, superlative am fernsten)
- remote
- far away
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fern” in Duden online
- “fern” in Duden online
- “fern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Icelandic
Etymology
From the root fer-. Compare tvennur, þrennur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?rtn/
- Rhymes: -?rtn
Adjective
fern
- four (used when counting singular nouns, pluralia tantum or groupings (especially pairs) of items, or when the item counted is missing from the sentence or separated by the preposition af (“of”))
- fernir skór – four pairs of shoes
- fernir tónleikar – four concerts (tónleikar is plurale tantum)
- Þetta má gera á fernan hátt. – This can be done in four ways. (háttur cannot be used in its plural form in this sense)
- Það er fernt sem mig vantar. – There are four [things] that I need. (noun omitted)
- Ég vil fá fernt af öllu. – I want four of everything.
Inflection
Derived terms
- ferna
Related terms
- fer-
- fjórir
- tvennur
- þrennur
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vern, fearn, farn, varn, firn
Etymology
From Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??rn/, /f?rn/
Noun
fern (plural ferns)
- fern
Descendants
- English: fern
- Scots: farne, fairn
- Yola: fearn
References
- “f??rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wern? (compare Welsh gwern). Cognate with Old Armenian ????? (geran).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?er?n?/
Noun
fern f (genitive fernae, nominative plural ferna)
- alder
- shield (made of alder wood)
- pole, stake
- the letter F
Inflection
Descendants
- Irish: fearn
- ? Irish: fearnóg
- Manx: farney
- Scottish Gaelic: feàrna
Mutation
Old Saxon
Noun
fern m
- Alternative form of infern
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