Obs. exc. dial. Also 1 feorran, 3–5 fere, ferre, 4 south. dial. verri, pa. pple. yverred. [OE. feorran, fyrran = OHG. firren, ON. firra:—OTeut. type *firrjan, f. *ferr-, FAR a.]
trans. To put far off, remove. In mod. dial. only in the expression of a wish (see quots.). Const. from; rarely with double obj.
Beowulf, 156 Grendel … ne wolde wið manna hwone feorhbealo feorran.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter, lxxxvii. 19. Neghburgh and frend fered þou fra me.
1340. Ayenb., 240. Þe stat of religion ssel by zuo yuerred uram þe wordle: þet [etc.].
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 3625. Richard was noȝt so ferred ys fon, þat hy hym þo ne seȝe.
c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, II. lxviii. (1869), 101. Thouh thou were forveyed other ferred from thi wey.
1855. Mrs. Gaskell, North & S., xvii. Poor wench! latter days be farred! Ibid. (1863), Sylvia’s L., I. x. 189. I wish the man were farred who plagues his brains wi’ striking out new words.
b. refl. and intr. for refl.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 76. He furseð (note ? firres [printed firnes]) him awei urommard ure stefne.
c. 1315. Shoreham, 164.
| God wyste wel that man schold … uerry [printed nerry] | |
| Fram alle healthe. |
1340. Ayenb., 178. Þe uoȝel him uerreþ … uram þennes huer me brekþ his nest.
