"fure" meaning in English

See fure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fjʊɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fure.wav Forms: fures [present, singular, third-person], furing [participle, present], fured [participle, past], fured [past], fur [alternative], fuir [alternative], four [alternative], fwir [alternative], fuyr [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Danish føre, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną. Cognate with Dutch voeren (“to lead”), Low German fören (“to lead”), German führen (“to lead”), Luxembourgish féieren (“to lead”), Icelandic færa (“to move, carry, convey”), Faroese føra (“to lead, carry”), Swedish föra (“to lead, guide, steer, direct”), Danish føre (“to lead”), Norwegian Bokmål føre (“to lead”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da|føre}} Danish føre, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fōrijaną}} Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną, {{cog|nl|voeren||to lead}} Dutch voeren (“to lead”), {{cog|nds|fören||to lead}} Low German fören (“to lead”), {{cog|de|führen||to lead}} German führen (“to lead”), {{cog|lb|féieren||to lead}} Luxembourgish féieren (“to lead”), {{cog|is|færa||to move, carry, convey}} Icelandic færa (“to move, carry, convey”), {{cog|fo|føra||to lead, carry}} Faroese føra (“to lead, carry”), {{cog|sv|föra||to lead, guide, steer, direct}} Swedish föra (“to lead, guide, steer, direct”), {{cog|da|føre||to lead}} Danish føre (“to lead”), {{cog|nb|føre||to lead}} Norwegian Bokmål føre (“to lead”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fure (third-person singular simple present fures, present participle furing, simple past and past participle fured)
  1. (dialectal, rare, obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) To lead. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-fure-en-verb-UF17wZnd Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 13 11 21 4 2 1 2 8 13 21 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 10 23 2 1 0 1 9 15 23 2
  2. (dialectal, rare, Northern England, Scotland) To carry, bear, convey, transport. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, rare
    Sense id: en-fure-en-verb-nQbEUWfj Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 13 11 21 4 2 1 2 8 13 21 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 10 23 2 1 0 1 9 15 23 2
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