ferian

From Proto-West Germanic *farjan, from Proto-Germanic *farjaną. Cognate with Old High German ferien, Old Norse ferja, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (farjan).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfer.jɑn/, [ˈferˠ.jɑn]

ferian

1. to take, move, carry
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
     ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær
     ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf
     dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor
     in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.

     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
     carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone
     over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;
     a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

2. to direct the course of; conduct, lead
3. to go, leave

• feriend
• oferferian

• Middle English: ferien, feren, feryen, verien, very, veryen
  • English: ferry
  • Scots: fery, ferry

From Proto-West Germanic *farjan, from Proto-Germanic *farjaną. Cognate with Old English ferian, Old Norse erja, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (farjan).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛr.jɑn/, [ˈfer.jɑn]

ferian

1. to take, carry
2. to sail

ferian

1. third-person plural present indicative of feriar