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fere
UK /fɪə/ US /fɪɹ/
noun 2adj 1
Collocations
3VERB + FERE
burning, iron
PREP.
with
ADV.
freely
Definitions
noun
1
A companion, comrade or friend.
they swange oute their swerdis and slowe of noble men of armys mo than an hondred – and than they rode ayen to theire ferys.
2
A person's spouse, or an animal's mate.
And Cambel tooke Cambrina to his fere.
The lamb rejoiceth in the year, / And raceth freely with his fere, / And answers to his mother’s calls / From the flower’d furrow.
adj
1
Fierce.
Man's flesh they eat: their own they paint and sear, / branding with burning iron, — usage fere!
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they swange oute their swerdis and slowe of noble men of armys mo than an hondred – and than they rode ayen to theire ferys.
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And Cambel tooke Cambrina to his fere.
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The lamb rejoiceth in the year, / And raceth freely with his fere, / And answers to his mother’s calls / From the flower’d furrow.
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Man's flesh they eat: their own they paint and sear, / branding with burning iron, — usage fere!
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