feren

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Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfe.ɾən]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfe.ɾen]

Verb

feren

third-person plural preterite indicative of fer

Galician

Verb

feren

third-person plural present indicative of ferir

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English fǣran, from Proto-West Germanic *fārijan, from Proto-Germanic *fērijaną; equivalent to fer (“fear”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːrən/

Verb

feren

to frighten, terrify

Conjugation

Conjugation of feren (weak in -ed/-de)

infinitive	(to) feren, fere
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fere	fered, ferde
2nd-person singular	ferest	feredest, ferdest
3rd-person singular	fereth	fered, ferde
subjunctive singular	fere	fered, ferde
imperative singular	fere	—

plural¹	feren, fere	fereden, ferede, ferden, ferde
imperative plural	fereth, fere	—

participles	ferynge, ferende	fered, ferd, yfered, yferd

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

ferd

Descendants

English: fear
Yola: fare

References

“fēren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

feren

Alternative form of faren

Etymology 3

Verb

feren

Alternative form of ferien