Middle English Dictionary Entry
feor n.
Entry Info
| Forms | feor n. Also fere. |
| Etymology | OF fuer, feur. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Price; setten ~, to set a price (on something).
Associated quotations
- a1250 Wooing Lord (Tit D.18)287 : Ȝif þat i mi luue bede for to selle and sette feor þer upon swa hehe swa ich eauer wile, Ȝette þu wult hit habbe.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)107b : Ȝef þi luue nis nawt to ȝeouene, ah wult þet me bugge hire..set feor [Recl.: fere] o þi luue.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1091 : Ȝif þou wolt him bugge to his feore, He schal costen þe ful deore.