Middle English Dictionary Entry
fẹ̄re n.(2)
Entry Info
Forms | fẹ̄re n.(2) Also fiere. |
Etymology | OE gefēr company. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A group of companions, associates, or followers; company; crowd; ~ of werre, an armed host, army.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Chris.(LdMisc 108)56 : Þe heie god..in soruwe brouȝte me and alle mine fere.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)8597 : Ne worþe no cniht so wod..ne fram his fere ride.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3783 : Gret fier wond vt..And of is fere..forbrende hem ðor euerilck on.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1838 : Seint Peter..and non oþer of alle his ffere.
- 1372 Leorne to loue (Adv 18.7.21)11 : Ox & Asse ben þi fere.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2630 : Y pray þe, kepet gode vere til þat we comen a-ȝee.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2672 : We mowe ous fede þarwyþ, & þe wymen þat buþ our fere.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24947 : Þai com in til jngland Wit al þair farnet and þair fere [Frf: compani sa dere].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26764 : On ilk side sal be þe fere, þai þat war tint wit lucifere.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)267 : For had I founded in fere in feȝtyng wyse, I haue a hauberghe at home and a helme boþe.
- c1400 St.Alex.(2) (Trin-O 57)25/59 : More he lernede in one ȝere Þan eny of his oþere fere.
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)125/514 : Ne schal þou neuer se ne here But me and aungeles, þine fere.
- (1436) Proc.Privy C.4.310 : Robert of Ogle..wyth grete host & fere of wer..come in Scottland and made playne forray.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2734 : Fore all þe fere of ȝone folke, forsake sall I neuer.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1132 : With all the fere þat hym folowes.
2.
in fere, al in ~: (a) of persons: in a group, in company, together; gon (wenden) in ~, go in company, go together; knitten in ~, unite in marriage; (b) of beasts and things: together; of ships: in a fleet; of birds: in a flock; (c) as a group, as a whole, collectively; al in ~, all together, altogether; (d) at the same time, (all) at once, together; (e) ?in unison, as one; -- ?also to ~; (f) with one another, mutually, together; (ac)corden (al) in ~, to agree with each other, be harmonious; fighten in ~, to fight each other; filteren (pleien) in ~, have intercourse; (g) added together, altogether, in all.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1616 : Into Rome al þat route riden forþ in fere.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3466 : Whan they were knyt in feere, They lyued in ioye and in felicitee.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.73 : Þanne þe kyng and the bisshop..seete in fere [L simul] at þe mete.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.31 : Ye alderman and oyer seuene bretheryn..wende in fere to ye cors.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.1753 : And thus thei gon forth alle in fiere, This king, this lord, this maiden diere.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)2499 : Ihesus bade þam..go infere For dred of dragons.
- (?1410) Hoccl.Somer(2) (Hnt HM 111)40 : Þat day yee sette, be with vs in feere.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3560 : Whan they in fere monstred in a pleyn.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)386/542 : Freendis alwey may not been in feer.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)55.225 : The king..knytte Ioswe and hire In fere.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)263 : The emperour in his bedde lay And the emperesse, in feere.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)759 : Hit is best þat we..of bede rise, Lest þe day vs bedaghe..And we founden in fere & oure fame loste.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)30/30 : All þis felauchip þus gadered in fer.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)46/104 : We must wende togedyr in fere.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)348 : Þey wente to bedde..Launfal and sche yn fere.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)215 : To þe palys þey ȝede in fere.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)8/4 : We wer fourty ȝeong men ynfere.
b
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)2179 : Ay whils þai [the wands] dwelled so in fere.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)89 : Fowlez þer flowen in fryth in fere.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3601 : Foure hundreth Olyfants in fere folowid him.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)119 : Shippes shene, vij hundred were gadered al in fere.
- c1450(c1400) ?Clanvowe Cuckoo & N.(Frf 16)273 : For we be fewe briddes her in fere.
- c1450 Surge mea (Lamb 853)60 : To smelle my spicis þat here ben in fere.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)537 : Gynger sawce to lambe, to kyd, pigge, or fawn in fere.
- c1475(c1420) Page SRouen (Eg 1995)p.10 : Then passyde oure shyppys alle in fere.
c
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.93 : Kyng Alredes turned alle in fere out of Latyn in to Saxon speche & was icleped alle in fere Merchene lawe.
- a1400 Floris (Eg 2862)5 : So longe sche fedde hem in feere Þat þey were of elde of seuen ȝere.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4926 : Þer be no mo now in fere Of my sonys lefte with me alyve But þou allone.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1266 : Hire liked al in fere, His person, his aray, his look, his chere.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)379/126 : What page is þere..And callis hym kyng of vs in fere?
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)645 : The Bischoppe gafe þam his Benyson, Alle hollyly in fere.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)1071 : I may conquere hem in fere, To lede them home to my Faderis halle.
- a1500 Now rightwis Iuge (Corp-O 274)67 : God þe fadir & þe Sone infere and þe haligaste also.
d
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1359 : Vp-on wych they alle in-fere To Beucase seyde.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.76 : Þat day..þy sonnes boþe in-fere Reseyued had þe state of conseilere.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)6526 : He reulyd thre ȝere Eland and hexham bathe in fere.
- a1475(1450) Death Suffolk (Vsp B.16)234 : God graunte Englond, alle in fere For thes traitours to syng Placebo and Dirige.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)2222 : Eyther throughe other body bare..Bothe to grounde they Felle in fere.
- c1475 Why Nun (Vsp D.9)18 : But the townes names I ouyr pas, For and I schulde telle alle in fere, Hyt were a long tale for to here.
e
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)884 : Ful fayre þe modez þay fonge in fere.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)413 : Folke of Phocus to-fere, or the fight comme, Waren ware of hor werk and went for help
f
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.924 : Where as he myghte fynde in this matere Two creatures acordyng in feere.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)696 : Uch male matz his mach a man as hymselven, And fylter folyly in fere on femmalez wyse.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4827 : For of her body fruyt to get They yeve no force, they are so set Upon delit to pley in-feere.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3514 : But Mercy & I, Pes, bothe in fere schal neuere in feyth a-corde þer-to.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)250 : How they aqueynteden in fere, Hyt were a long proces to telle.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1259 : Fest þar forward in fere..To do as driȝten wald deme, & dyi all togedire.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1940 : But fynally..þey cordit al in fere.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)1635 : Thay cleptyn and kyssedyn alle in fer.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)188/1102 : Thus they fowghtyn þen in fere Nyne monthis of þe yere.
g
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)1434 : Adam lyued nyne hundride ȝere & þritty wynter also in fere.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)6454 : In criste sex hundreth ȝere, Seuenty þar to, sex in fere.