ferd

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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.
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); […]

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Noun

ferd (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Fear.

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