fend, fende, V, [283], 2; [284], 22: fiend.
fend, v., III, 300, 12; IV, 500, 13: provision.
fend, III, 440, 12: defence.
ffend. that ffend I Godys fforbod, III, 113, 72: seems to be a double expression for deprecation,—I inhibit, protest, God forbid (see forbode). “I fende to Goddes forbode it should be so: a Dieu ne playse qu’aynsi il aduiengne. Palsgrave, p. 548, col. 1.” Hales and Furnivall, Percy MS., III, 554.
fende, III, 61, 106; 117, 8: defend.
fer dayes, III, 57, 16: far on in the day.
ferd, III, 99, 52: fear.
fere, fere love, IV, 219, B 3, 5: fair. (fair love, V, [260], E 5.)
fere, feere, II, 58, 2; III, 22, 5: mate, consort.
fere, in, on, III, 57, 27; 59, 61; 67, 231; 77, 423; 98, 38: in company, together. See feare.