p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [fer = fær a journey]. I. to carry, convey, bear, lead, conduct; ferre, portāre, vehĕre, dedūcĕre, afferre :-- Héht wígend ðæt hálige treó him befóran ferian he commanded the warriors to carry the holy tree before him, Elen. Kmbl. 215; El. 108: Cd. 67; Th. 80, 18; Gen. 1330. We ðé willaþ ferigan freólíce ofer fisces bæþ we will gladly convey thee over the fish's bath [the sea], Andr. Kmbl. 585; An. 293. Hét lífes brytta englas síne ferigean leófne ofer lagufæsten the giver of life commanded his angels to bear the dear one over the stronghold of the waves, 1647; An. 825. To ferianne ad portandum, Gen. 46, 5. Ic ferige onbútan circumfĕro, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 33. Mec merehengest fereþ ofer flódas the vessel conveys me over the floods, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 13; Rä. 15, 7: 114 b; Th. 439, 16; Rä. 59, 4. Hí hine feriaþ ofer fisces bæþ they bear it over the fish's bath [the sea], Runic pm. 16; Kmbl. 342, 17; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 31. Hwanon ferigeaþ gé fætte scyldas whence bear ye your stout shields? Beo. Th. 671; B. 333. Folc ðín ðú feredest swá sceáp deduxisti sīcut ŏves pŏpŭlum tuum, Ps. Th. 76, 17. He ferode ðone to his mynstre mid árwurþnysse he bare it to his minster with honour, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 7: Chr. 1009; Erl. 141, 23. Us ofer árwélan æðeling ferede a noble one conducted us over the realm of oars [the sea], Andr. Kmbl. 1706; An. 855. Hí ðone sanct ferodon to ðære byrig they conveyed the saint to the city, Homl. Th. ii. 518, 29. Ðé on folmum feredan in mănĭbus portābunt te, Ps. Th. 90, 12: 82, 3. Feriaþ mid éow of ðære eorþan wæstmum afferte nōbis de fructĭbus terræ, Num. 13, 21. He wæs fered on heofen ferēbātur in cælum, Lk. Bos. 24, 51. II. to betake oneself to; se gerĕre, versēri :-- Ðú aclǽccræftum lange feredes thou hast long betaken thyself to evil arts, Andr. Kmbl. 2725; An. 1365. Hí on líge feredon they betook themselves to lying, Ps. Th. 58, 12. III. to go, depart; vehi, īre :-- Mid friþe ferian to depart in peace, Byrht. Th. 136, 68; By. 179. Ðonne God geond wéstena wíde feraþ Deus, dum transgrediēris per desertum, Ps. Th. 67, 8. [Laym. uerien: Plat. fören: O. Sax. fórian: Frs. fieren: O. Frs. fera: Ger. führen: M. H. Ger. vüeren: O. H. Ger. fuorjan, fórjan: Goth. faryan to convey a ship, row: Dan. føre: Swed. föra: Icel. ferja to transport, carry by sea.] DER. a-ferian, æt-, ge-, of-, -óþ-, to-, wið-. ferian