Middle English Dictionary Entry
ferren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ferren v. Also verrien. |
| Etymology | OE feorrian & firran. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. fer far.
1.
(a) Depart (from someone or something), go away; ben ferred, be far away or remote; -- intr. or refl.; (b) drive (someone) away.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)157/806 : God wyste wel þat man schold erry, And þorȝ onboxamnesse uerry Fram alle healþe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)178 : Þe uoȝel him uerreþ bleþeliche uram þannes huer me brekþ his nest.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)240 : Þe stat of religion ssel by zuo yuerred uram þe wordle.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3625 : Richard was noȝt so ferred ys fon þat hy hym þo ne seȝe.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)108.16 : Blissinge wald he noght swa, And ferred sal it be [L elongabitur] him fra.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)101 : Thouh thou were forveyed other ferred from thi wey, soone j nowh thou mihtest..turne ayen to thi wey.
- a1450 As I went þrow (Sln 2593)p.54 : I wold not the hadde ferryd [vr. they had faren] me froo.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)178 : Efterward uor to cachie and uerri þane dyuel uram him.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)51.5 : For-þi god sal fordo þe..And ferre [L emigrabit] þe fra þi telde in land.