ferd
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editEither from Middle English ferde (“went, fared”), past participle of faren, or from Middle English ferde (“army”), from Old English fierd; see fyrd.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editferd (plural ferds)
- (Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) Effort, impetus, speed; a violent onset.
- 1775, Baillie, Letters:
- It was our great desire to have at once been at handy-strokes, well understanding that the ferd of our hot spirits could not long abide in edge.
- 1832, John Nevay, “The Cotter's Birth-Day”, in Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy, editors, The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music, and Romance, page 381:
- A dainty husband, an' the best o' men, Fresh in his eild as the gree simmer glen. An' still he maks a ferd his bread to earn— His aim to hae a canty but-an'-ben, Wi' something aye to spare to ilka bairn, That they the gude auld hospitality might learn.
References
edit- “ferd”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
- “ferd”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English feren (“to fear”). More at fear.
Noun
editferd (usually uncountable, plural ferds)
Adjective
editferd (comparative more ferd, superlative most ferd)
- (obsolete) Afraid.
- 1804, Sir Walter Scott, Sir Tristrem:
- Out of Deuelin toun, The folk wel fast ran, In a water to droun, So ferd were thai than;
Etymology 3
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
editferd (not comparable)
- (Scotland, obsolete) Fourth.
- 1565, Proces of Divorce twixt Erle Bothwell and his Wife:
- George the ferd Erle of Hunlie and second of that name his sone, three. And Jane Gordoun his dochtir, the ferd.
- 1571, J Chepman, Decreet of Spulzie:
- Gevin vunder our signet, at Edinburgh, the xxiij day of Marche, and of our regnne the ferd yer.
- 1614, Register of Town Council of Edinburgh, vol x:
- The first & secund regents sall haif quarterlie ilkane threttein schilling four penneis. The thrid fyfteen sehillings and the ferd and principall twenty shillings.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editOriginally the past participle of feren (“to frighten”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editferd (uncountable)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Yola: ferde
References
edit- “fērd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Verb
editferd
- past participle of feren (“to frighten”).
Etymology 2
editNoun
editferd
- Alternative form of ferde (“army”)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editferd f or m (definite singular ferda or ferden, indefinite plural ferder, definite plural ferdene)
- journey, voyage, expedition
- være i ferd med (also written as iferd): to be on the point of, to be busy with
Derived terms
editReferences
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editferd f (definite singular ferda, indefinite plural ferder, definite plural ferdene)
- journey, travel
- Korleis var ferda di til Sambandsstatane?
- How was your journey to the United States?
- group of people
- vere i ferd med: to be on the point of, to be busy with
Declension
edit Declension of ferd (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
editVerb
editferd
- imperative of ferda
References
edit- “ferd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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