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Fere, Feir, n.4 Also: feyr(e, feayr, fear(e. [Reduced from Effere n.]

1. Bearing, demeanour. = Effere n. 3. c1420 Wynt. iv. 409.
Scho that saw his hawtane fere, Apon this wys maid hym awnsuere
?1438 Alex. ii. 3741.
For all ȝour fere, I hope to se ȝour great mannance faill halely!
1456 Hay I. 271/14.
Sen he schupe him … with syk a fere and in syk maner
c1475 Wall. ix. 101.
Tell me his feyr and how I sall him knaw
a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 160.
He was ladlike of laitis, and licht of his fere
1513 Doug. ix. i. 68.
Turnus … With glave in hand maid awful feir and bost
1528 Lynd. Dreme 447.
Quha wald behauld his countynance and feir, Mycht call hym weill the god of men of weir
15.. Clar. ii. 1106.
He steirit his coursour with ane knichtlie feir

b. pl. Ways of bearing oneself; manners. = Effere n. 3 b. c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2501.
Fro he kend him be his feris He kist him sone
Ib. 3003.
With brokin speche and with waik feris
c1420 Wynt. i. 1024 (W).
Than wild and wod for thai meris Waxis thai capillis of wantone feris
1456 Hay II. 7/19.
The worthy man, quhilk be his feris and port semyt till have bene a man of grete valoure
c1460 Consail Wys Men 397.
Fra fulys ferys and thar havinge Thow kep the weil
a1500 Prestis of Peblis 470.
He feinȝeit him ane fule, fond in his feiris
c1500-c1512 Dunb. lx. 61.
Ane pykthank in a prelottis clais … fenȝeing the feris off ane lord
1513 Doug. iii. ix. 14.
He was Greik be all hys othir feris
Ib. ix. iii. 156.
In case thai … thame avant tharof with felloun feris

2. In fere of were, in warlike array. Cf. Effere n. 5 and Bodin p.p. 1405 Douglas Corr. 65.
Eftyr the qwhilk crye yhour men of Inglande has rydyne in Scotlande wyth gret company like in fere of were
1456 Hay I. 166/28.
Thou hes cummyn apon me in fere of were
1457 Acts II. 50/2.
That na man … ride nor rowt in feir of weir with na man but the King
1471 Acta Aud. 20/2.
The conuocatioun … of … liegis to the novmer of lx of personys in fere of were of men of armys
1513 Doug. xii. iv. 13.
In athir hand held he, in feir of weir, The braid hed brangland on the jevillyng speir
1521 Fife Sheriff Ct. 231.
The said Williame Lauson & Iohne Lauson com agane in feyre of weyre wytht wappynnis
a1578 Pitsc. II. 291/8.
Never ane gave credeit to ane vther, bot evirie man raid in feir of weer
1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 131.
It is treason, gif anie man rises in feare of war against the King his persone violentlie
1674 Justiciary Ct. Rec. II. 274.
Patrick Smith … and the other defenders … came in fear of war to the lands of Branlyne

3. Manner, way, state. c1475 Wall. vii. 293.
The justice innys thow spy … , And in quhat feir that thai thair lugyne mak
Ib. viii. 574.
Of all thair fer was mekill for to tell

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