A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Fere, n.³ fear, VIII a 177, 292. [OE. fǣr, fēr.]

Fere, n.⁴ outward appearance, VII 18. [Shortened from OFr. afe(i)re.]

Fere-flunderys, n. pl. fiery sparks, XV h 12. [See Fyr; cf. Mn.E. and dial. flinders, splinters.]

Ferforth, adv. far, XII b 190. [OE. feorr + forþ.] See Fer.

Ferked, pa. t. sg. flowed, V 105. [OE. fer(e)cian, go.]

Ferly, adj. wonderful, II 4 (note); adv. wondrously, extremely, I 145, XV b 10. [OE. fǣr-līce, suddenly, prob. infl. by ON. ferliga monstrously; see next.]

Ferly, n. a marvel, V 346, X 134; Farleis, Ferlies, pl. VII 95, XVI 61. [OE. fǣr-lic, sudden, prob. infl. by ON. ferlíki (ME. ferlike) monster.] See prec.

Ferre. See Fer.

Ferryit, pp.; f. wes, had farrowed, X 109. [Formed on farrow, ferry; OE. færh, ferh, young pig.]

Fers(e), adj. fierce, bold, II 293, XIV b 33, XVI 131. [OFr. fer-s, nom. sg.] See Fuersly.