Noun: ferde
| Sg. | ferde |
| Pl. | ferdes; ferden |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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With þe wille I go als felawes in ferd. (With you I will go as fellows in an army.) [1330, Robert Mannyng, Chronicle:]
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And foure scoure fyne shippes to the flete broght... with fyfty, in a furthe, all of fuerse vesell.
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(And four score fine ships to the fleet brought... with fifty in a troop, all of fierce vessel.) [c. 1400, The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy:]
Nouns inflected like ferde
scalle,
schire,
schete,
bente mone,
pantere,
newe mone,
schrewe,
schanke,
schafte,
morewetid sterre,
kidenere,
yong mone,
sorinesse,
chirche,
cold sterre,
crouche,
culvere,
blasynge sterre,
do,
to, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Old English fierd, fyrd, feord, from Proto-West Germanic *fardi, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to put across, ferry”); compare faren. Forms with a final vowel are from the Old English oblique forms.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian ferd, fart (“an expedition, journey”), Old High German fart (“journey”) (German Fahrt), Danish færd (“voyage, travel”). See: Old English Nouns '
fierd', German Nouns '
Fahrt', Danish Nouns '
færd'.
Verbs referencing "ferde"
English Nouns
ferd.
Translations