Fere

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɪə/

Old English (Northumbrian) fǣra, aphetic form of ġefēra ( >

Middle English y-fere).

Alternative forms

• pheer

Full definition of fere

Noun

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.
• SpenserAnd Cambel took Cambrina to his fere.
• 1830, Alfred_Tennyson%2C_1st_Baron_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

Compare Latin ferus ("wild").

Adjective

1. (obsolete) fierce

Anagrams

• free
• reef