A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1513, 1577-1578
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Fer, a. Also: fere, ferr. [ME. ferre, fer, OE. feor(r.] = Far a. (See also Ferrar, Ferrest.) Fer side, the off side of a horse.1375 Barb. i. 32.
The form fere may be editorial for fer'. In fer landis renownyt wes he a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii. 1414.
Thane folouyt hym out of the towne, A fer way c1420 Wynt. ii. 1115.
Thai … sayd thai com off landys fere [: powere] 1456 Hay I. 187/6.
Becaus the way is rycht lang and fer 1456 Ib. 280/36.
Gif … he war … a tyran … that mycht defame the armes in ferr contreis c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iii. 177.
Fra the coursour he fell on the fer syd a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2298.
I am ane knycht of fer cuntre 1513 Doug. i. viii. 145 (R).
Endland the costis and fer partis of Libie a1578 Pitsc. I. 263/10.
Mony of the fer norland men and illis men
