ferd

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See also: ferð and פֿערד

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English ferde, feord, furd, from Old English fierd (“army”), from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey, expedition”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to put across, ferry”). Cognate with Old Frisian ferd, fart (“an expedition, journey”), Old High German fart (“journey”) (German Fahrt), Danish færd (“voyage, travel”). More at fare.

Noun

ferd (plural ferds)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Impetus, speed.
  2. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) A journey.
    He's on a ferd. Whatǃ? He's ferdedǃ.
  3. (obsolete or historical) An army, a host.
    • 1330, Robert Mannyng, Chronicle:
      With þe wille I go als felawes in ferd.
      (With thee will I go as fellows in a ferd.)
  4. (obsolete or historical) A military expedition.
    • c. 1050, The Paris Psalter
      Þeah þu mid us ne fare on fyrd...
      (Though thou with us not fare on a ferd...)
  5. (obsolete or historical) A company, band, or group.
    • c. 1400, The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy
      And foure scoure fyne shippes to the flete broght... with fyfty, in a furthe, all of fuerse vesell.
      (And four score fine ships to the fleet brought... with fifty in a ferd, all of fierce vessel.)
    • 1986, Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, Douglas Gray, Middle English literature - Volume 1 - Page 89:
      For him a lord (British or Roman) is essentially a leader of a 'ferd' (OE fyrd); […]
Usage notes
  • This word in its Anglo-Saxon form, fyrd, is used historically in a technical sense.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English feren (“to fear”). More at fear.

Noun

ferd (usually uncountable, plural ferds)

  1. (obsolete) Fear.

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ferð.

Noun

ferd f or m (definite singular ferda or ferden, indefinite plural ferder, definite plural ferdene)

  1. journey, voyage, expedition
  2. være i verd med (also written as iferd): to be on the point of, to be busy with

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ferð.

Pronunciation

Noun

ferd f (definite singular ferda, indefinite plural ferder, definite plural ferdene)

  1. journey, travel
    Korleis var ferda di til Sambandsstatane?
    How was your journey to the United States?
  2. group of people
  3. vere i verd med: to be on the point of, to be busy with

Derived terms

Verb

ferd

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of ferda

References

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