"feren" meaning in Middle English

See feren in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɛːrən/
Etymology: From Old English fǣran, from Proto-West Germanic *fārijan, from Proto-Germanic *fērijaną; equivalent to fer (“fear”) + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|fǣran}} Old English fǣran, {{der|enm|gmw-pro|*fārijan}} Proto-West Germanic *fārijan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*fērijaną}} Proto-Germanic *fērijaną, {{af|enm|fer|-en|id1=fear|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix|t1=fear}} fer (“fear”) + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} feren Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|fer|c2=de}} Forms: weak [table-tags], feren [infinitive], to feren [infinitive], fere [infinitive], fere [first-person, present, singular], fered [first-person, past, singular], ferde [first-person, past, singular], ferest [present, second-person, singular], feredest [past, second-person, singular], ferdest [past, second-person, singular], fereth [present, singular, third-person], fered [past, singular, third-person], ferde [past, singular, third-person], fere [present, singular, subjunctive], fered [past, singular, subjunctive], ferde [past, singular, subjunctive], fere [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], feren [plural, present], fere [plural, present], fereden [past, plural], ferede [past, plural], ferden [past, plural], ferde [past, plural], fereth [imperative, plural, present], fere [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], ferynge [participle, present], ferende [participle, present], fered [participle, past], ferd [participle, past], yfered [participle, past], yferd [participle, past]
  1. to frighten, terrify Related terms: ferd
    Sense id: en-feren-enm-verb-VoiUMAMQ Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} feren
  1. Alternative form of faren Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: faren
    Sense id: en-feren-enm-verb-PBYIl7KA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} feren
  1. Alternative form of ferien Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ferien
    Sense id: en-feren-enm-verb-S2nRU8R8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "form": "fereden",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "ferede",
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        "to frighten, terrify"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɛːrən/"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (eaedd02 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.