adj
Meaning 1
Afraid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
ferd
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/fɜː(ɹ)d/
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Scotland: /fɛɹd/
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/feːd/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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/fɛːd/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d
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CMU ARPABET: F ER1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Fourth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A journey; a voyage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 4
Provisions for a journey, especially food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 5
A fast pace; a rush or hurry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 6
Effort, impetus, speed; a violent onset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, also, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
Fear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, obsolete, uncountable, usually
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History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ferd (“fear, terror”), the past participle of feren (“to frighten”). More at fear.
From Middle English ferthe (“fourth”), from Old English fēorþa, with th-stopping of /ð/ (voiced th) into /d/ (voiced t).
From Middle English ferde (“military expedition”), from Old English fierd; see fyrd. Cognate with Dutch vaart (“voyage”), German Fahrt (“journey”).