Middle English Dictionary Entry

ferken v.
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Entry Info

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To move hastily, to walk quickly, to hasten, to run; of a stream: to flow swiftly; fig. to depart, die [quot.: c1440]; ~ forth, to go out or away; -- also refl.; (b) to rush, to charge; (c) to travel; esp. to travel in haste; (d) ~ on fot, to spring to one's feet; ~ up, to start up (from sleep), to get up (from bed); -- also refl.
2.
(a) To drive (someone forward or away), urge (someone) onward; ppl. ferked, put to flight; to hunt (game); ~ of (one's) hed, to cut off (someone's) head; (b) to carry (something); (c) ~ (out) of lif, ~ to deth, to kill.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)78 : He fraynes how fer þe flode hadde yferked; 'Out of Surre', he seide, 'y am come.'
  • Note: New spelling
    Note: !Quot. already used under 1.(a)