Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Fer, adj. far, A 388, 491, B 508, 658, 1908, 2565, F 801; A. ii. 16. 1; Ferre, def. A 3393.

Fer, adv. far, 7. 338; L. 2714; B 1781, 3157, 3872; Fer ne ner, neither farther nor nearer, neither later nor sooner, A 1850; how f. so, however far, 5. 440.

Ferd, s. dat. fear, T. iv. 607; Ferde, dat. 3. 1214; HF. 950; T. i. 557, 1411. (Always in phr. for ferd, or for ferde.)

Ferd, pp. of Fere, v.

Ferd, -e; see Faren, v.

Fere, (fèèrə), s. dat. fear, 3. 1209; T. ii. 303, 314; B 3369, 3394, 3728, F 860, 893, 1347; panic, HF. 174; acc. 5. 143; Feer, acc. (before a vowel), HF. 607.

Fere, (féérə), s. companion, L. 969, T. i. 13, iii. 1496; mate, 5. 410, 416; wife, T. iv. 791; Feres, pl. companions, T. i. 224. A.S. gefēra.

Fere (féérə), s. dat. fire, T. iii. 978.

Fere, (fèèrə), v. frighten, T. iv. 1483; Fered, pp. B 4576; afraid, G 924; Ferd, pp. afraid, T. ii. 124.

Ferforth, adv. far; as f. as, as far as, T. iv. 891; L. 690; A. pr. 51; HF. 328, 1882; B 19, 1099, 2164, D 56, I 319, 621; as long as, T. i. 121; so f., to such a degree, 1. 170; 5. 377; 7. 90, 111, 132; L. 1598; B 572, F 567, G 40, 1390; thus f., thus far, 7. 290; T. ii. 960.