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ferder

ferder is the comparative form of ferd.

Meaning of ferd

Adjective (1)

ferd (comparative ferder, superlative ferdest)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) Afraid.
    • Out of Deuelin toun, The folk wel fast ran, In a water to droun, So ferd were thai than;c. 13th century, Sir Walter Scott, Sir Tristrem, published 1804

Adjective (2)

ferd (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) Fourth.
    • George the ferd Erle of Hunlie and second of that name his sone, three. And Jane Gordoun his dochtir, the ferd.1565, Proces of Divorce twixt Erle Bothwell and his Wife

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Questions about ferder

What is ferder the comparative form of?
Ferder is the comparative form of ferd.

Words near ferder in the dictionary

  1. fercocta
  2. fercrissake
  3. fercrissakes
  4. ferd
  5. ferda
  6. ferder
  7. ferdest
  8. Ferdiad
  9. Ferdie
  10. Ferdig
  11. Ferdigs

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