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effeir
▪ I. † eˈffeir, n. Obs. or arch. Also 4–5 effer(e, 6 effeer, -air. [Sc. var. of affair, q.v.] 1. = affair 1; a ‘cause’.1375 Barbour Bruce x. 305 He sped him to the were, Till help his Eym and his effere. 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. i. lxviii, For greit effeir me thocht na pane to die. a 1605 Montgomerie ... Oxford English Dictionary
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effere
▪ I. † eˈffere, a. Obs. rare—1. [ad. L. effer-us, f. ex out + ferus fierce.] Excessively wild or fierce.1586 J. Hooker Girald. Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 144/1 Let us returne to the historie of this effere..nation.▪ II. † eˈffere, n. Sc. Obs. rare. Also afeir, affeir. [Used metr. gr. for fear n.1;... Oxford English Dictionary
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feir
▪ I. † feir Obs. Sc. Also 4–6 fere, 5, 7 feare, 6 fier. [aphet. f. effeir.] Appearance, demeanour, look, show; = affere (affair 6), effeir n. 2.c 1440 Gaw. & Gol. xiii, He wes ladlike of lait, and light of his fere. c 1470 Henry Wallace ix. 101 Tell me his feyr, and how I sall him knaw. c 1500 Felon... Oxford English Dictionary
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effeiring
† eˈffeiring, ppl. a. Sc. Obs. Also 6 efferand. See also affeiring. [pr. pple. of effeir v.1] Properly appertaining, suitable, proportionate.1549 Compl. Scot. vi. (1872) 56 God almychty..mittigatis..baytht the gude..and euil operations of the planetis, efferand for the vertu and vice that ringis ama... Oxford English Dictionary
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affeir
† affeir, affere, v. north. dial. [a. OFr. afer-ir, affer-ir, to belong, pertain; impers. afiert it belongs, behoves; (Pr. afferir):—late L. *afferīre, f. ad to + ferīre to strike, fig. to reach, affect. Though common in Anglo-Fr., aferir seems to have been adopted only in north. Eng. and Sc., where... Oxford English Dictionary
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upwith
upwith, adv., prep., n., and a. Chiefly Sc. and now rare. (ˈʌpwɪð, Sc. ˈʌpwɪθ) [up adv.1 + with.] A. adv. In an upward course or direction; upwards. Also fig.1513 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. IV. 515 Tua drawyn towis to keip hir [sc. a cannon] at upwith and dounewith. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) ... Oxford English Dictionary
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boden
▪ I. † ˈboden, v. Obs. [Extended form of bode v.1: see -en. Much used by P. Holland.] = bode v.11561 J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 19 b, Any euill or fearful spirit, bodening any misfortune. 1600 Holland Livy vii. 270, I dread to boden what it may import. Ibid. xxix. 736 As if they bodened a... Oxford English Dictionary
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fere
▪ I. fere, n.1 Obs. exc. arch. Forms: α. 1 Northumb. fœra, 2–9 fere, 3 south. vere, 3–6 fer, 3, 6–8 Sc. feir, (5 feyr), 4–8 feare, 4–9 feer(e. β. 6–8 phear(e, pheer(e, 7 phere. [ME. fere, ONorthumb. fœ́ra, aphetic f. OE. ᵹeféra (y-fere):—pre-Eng. *gifôrjon-, f. gi- (y-) together + *fôrâ going, way, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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