different between fere vs ifere

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /fi??/
• Homophone: fear

Etymology 1

From (Northumbrian) Old English f?ra, aphetic form of ?ef?ra (whence also Middle English y-fere).

Alternative forms

• pheer

Noun

fere (plural feres)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A companion, comrade or friend.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

     they swange oute their swerdis and slowe of noble men of armys mo than an hondred – and than they rode ayen to theire ferys.

2. (archaic) A spouse; an animal's mate.
   • 1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘Supposed Confessions of a Second-Rate Sensitive Mind’:

     The lamb rejoiceth in the year, / And raceth freely with his fere, / And answers to his mother’s calls / From the flower’d furrow.

Derived terms

• ferede

Etymology 2

Compare Latin ferus (“wild”).

Adjective

fere (comparative more fere, superlative most fere)

1. (obsolete) Fierce.

Anagrams

• -free, Free, feer, free, reef

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *d?er-o- (“tight, close by”), a derivative of *d?er- (“to hold”). Cognates include firmus.

Adverb

fer? (not comparable)

1. nearly, almost, well-nigh, within a little, for the most part, about.
2. Closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just.
3. In general, generally, usually, commonly, for most of the time.

Derived terms

• ferm?

Etymology 2

From for.

Verb

f?re

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of for

References

• fere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Norman

Alternative forms

• féther (Jersey)

Etymology

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Verb

fere

1. (Sark) to iron

Old French

Etymology

From Latin faci?, facere.

Verb

fere

1. Alternative form of faire

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Portuguese

Verb

fere

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ferir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of ferir

English

Adverb

ifere (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of yfere [13th-14th c.]

Anagrams

• ferie, firee