feirie
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Middle English fery, equivalent to Old English fer, meaning "fit, able-bodied."
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
feirie (comparative more feirie, superlative most feirie)
- healthy; strong
- 1540, Sir David Lyndsay, Ane Satyre Of The Thrie Estaitis, Canongate Books, lines 397-398
- Doubt ye nocht, Sir, bot wee will get hir; Wee sall be feirie for till [fet] hir;
- 1540, Sir David Lyndsay, Ane Satyre Of The Thrie Estaitis, Canongate Books, lines 397-398