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Quotation dates: 1399-1461, 1513-1567
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Fere, Feir, v.2 P.t. feryt, feryd. [ME. fēr, fere (a 1300), reduced from Effere v.] intr. To belong, pertain, be appropriate. a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 566.
To me it feris for to pray a1400 Ib. xviii. 1334.
Sayand psalmis as feryt thar-til c1420 Wynt. viii. 6728.
Quhare syc thingys ware a-do, Him thoucht it feryt weil thare-to 1461 Liber Pluscardensis 388.
In this mater it feris no mare to pleid c1460 Thewis Wysmen 170.
Nocht our gret wordy, na our blait, Bot mesurd ferand thar estat 1513 Doug. i. vi. 53.
I denȝe not to ressaue Sik honour … quhilk feris me nocht to haue 1543 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. I. 195.
The saidis James, … fyndand … stable for viij hors, with hay feirand thar to 1567 Satirical Poems iii. 28.
In gentill featis ferand for ane king
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