Middle English Dictionary Entry
ferien v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ferien v. Also verien. Ppl. feried, ifered, ifæred & forn. |
| Etymology | OE ferian, ferode. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To transport, carry, convey, or lead; also, to carry off, lead away.
Associated quotations
- 1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : Se biscop of Lincolne..wearð þa sone dead; and man ferode hine to Lincolne mid micel wurðscipe.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)16/19 : Mucele beoð þa mæȝenu ðe þu mid þe ferest.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10559 : He uerde forð in sæ; uereden hine vðen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15373 : Mete heo ferden, al þat heo funden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26109 : Fere [Otho: nim] hit forð mid þe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26958 : Richer and Beduer wenden heom bafte þer and þa cnihtes fereden [Otho: ladde] þa heo iuongen hafden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)32098 : Þenne sculle Bruttes sone..draȝen ut þine banes alle..and mid blissen heom uerien uorð mid heom seoluen.
- ?c1335 Þe king of heuen (Hrl 913)84 : For is gode þe fend him deriiþ, And is soul to helle he feriiþ.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1790 : The kyng..watz kaȝt bi þe heles, Feryed out bi þe fete, and fowle dispysed.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)98 : So al watz dubbet on dere asyse Þat fryth þer fortwne forth me ferez.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)946 : Þe Lombe..Hatz feryed þyder hys fayre flote.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)7.44 : This teeth wole bite hem so..And fere hem in.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)125.88 (v.2:p.320) : Men preyin hym that he wold be forn owt [L asportatus] that he myghte askapyn the hurt of the feir.
2.
(a) To transport in a boat, to ferry; (b) to be so transported, to cross in a boat.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)6/4 : Þa wæs Godes sylfes gast..ifæred ofer waterum.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)28079 : Com þer an fisc liðe and fereden me to londe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30614 : Flod ferede þa scipen.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)14 : Sumtyme fro þat hill to rome folk wer feried with botis.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)265/10 : He..feryed hem ouer þe watyr manye ȝerys.
b
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.178 : Crist seide to hem, 'Verie [vr. ferie] we over þe water,' and þei steieden over.
- (1429) Red Paper Bk.Colchester54 : Men feryed with botes over the seid medewes.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)50.176 : He..preyde hem In to here schipe forto take him, forto veryen ouer that lake.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)605 : Noon dar very ouer the water er he haue blowe this horne.
3.
ferien up, to lift up, raise.
Associated quotations
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)189 : He rises a-non and for ferd falles And he [the chamberlain] feres him vp and bad him not ben ferd.