Middle English Dictionary Entry
ferrǒur, -ur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ferrǒur, -ur n. Also feror, fer(r)er, firour. |
| Etymology | OF ferreor. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An ironworker, a blacksmith; esp., a shoer of horses; also, a veterinarian; (b) a personal name.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.407 : God is a ferour..for a ferrour formeþ not his metal but ȝif it wole be temperid.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.148 : Item, of þe Ferrours, be j tyme, xijd.
- (1426) EEWills76/26 : Iohn Spore, ferroure.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)157 : Ferrowre, smythe: Ferrarius, ferrator.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)35a : Men of craft, as carpunteres, tyleres, ferours and oþer smythes.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1593 : There were stallis by þe strete stondyng for..Ferrers, flecchours, fele men of Crafte.
- (1454) Proc.Privy C.6.233 : Thoffice of þe stable..j sergeant ferrour, j yoman ferrour.
- (c1463) Paston4.85 : I sent your grey hors to Ruston to the ferror, and he seythe he shull never be nowght to rood, nowthyr ryght good to plowe nor to carte.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57225 : My mastyr gaff to a ferere ffor lokynge to my sayd masterys horsse, xx d.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)615 : For yche a hors þat ferroure schalle scho, An halpeny on day he takes hym to.
b
- [ (1196) CRR(2) 7335 : Henricus le Ferrur. ]
- (1297) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 16155 : Petrus Ferrour.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3182 : Radulphus le Firours.
- (1333) in Fransson Surn.142 : Rob.le Feror.
- (1373) Will York in Sur.Soc.489 : Item, legavit Magistro Johanni ferour v marcas.