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fere

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fere, l. fére,
and add:
of persons,
able, fit for service
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  • Þá beád man fyrde be fullum wíte, þæt ǽlc man þe fére wǽre forð wende,

    • Chr. 1016
    • ;
    • P. 147, 26
    • .
  • Sóna þæs hí fére wǽron, hí worhton castel æt Hæstinga port,

    • 1066
    • ;
    • P. 199, 25
    • .
  • Hé sylf and his férestan menn férdon ongeán tó Scotlande,

    • 1075
    • ;
    • P. 210, 16
    • .
of ships,
seaworthy
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  • Swá fela scipu swá þǽr féra wǽron,

    • Chr. 1052
    • ;
    • P. 178, 14
    • .
of a ship which is the subject of a riddle:
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  • Wiht . . . moncynne nyt, fére fóddorwelan folcscipe dreógeð,

    • Rä. 33, 10.
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. fere.
O. Frs. fére
:
Icel. fœrr able; seaworthy.
Cf.
O. H. Ger. gi-fuori aptus.
]
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v. lang-, twi-, þurh-, unofer-fére.
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