See feirie on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From Late Middle English fery, equivalent to Old English fer, meaning \"fit, able-bodied.\"",
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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}
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},
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"ref": "1540, Sir David Lyndsay, Ane Satyre Of The Thrie Estaitis, Canongate Books, lines 397-398",
"text": "Doubt ye nocht, Sir, bot wee will get hir; Wee sall be feirie for till [fet] hir;"
}
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"healthy; strong"
],
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈfɪəri/"
}
],
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}
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"etymology_text": "From fere + -ie.",
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}
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"(archaic or poetic) diminutive of fere (“fere”, n.)"
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
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}
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"text": "Doubt ye nocht, Sir, bot wee will get hir; Wee sall be feirie for till [fet] hir;"
}
],
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}
],
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}
],
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}
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