fere

Definition

A companion, comrade or friend.

Etymology

From Middle English fere, from (Northumbrian) Old English fǣra, aphetic form of ġefēra (whence also Middle English y-fere).

Example Sentences

• "they swange oute their swerdis and slowe of noble men of armys mo than an hondred – and than they rode ayen to theire ferys."
• "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."