Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
fair . - noun A Middle English form of
fair .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A fair or market.
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- noun obsolete A
fair ormarket .
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Examples
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I didna ken whuther to flee up the yaird, roar oot "feyre," or clim 'up on the dyke an' gie them a wallop roond the linders wi 'my bits o' cloots.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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Galilee, and the lond of Ydumye and the lond of Betron: and that rennethe undre erthe a grete weye, unto a fayre playn and a gret, that is clept Meldan, in Sarmoyz; that is to seye, feyre or markett in here langage; be cause that there is often feyres in that pleyn.
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Galilee, and the lond of Ydumye and the lond of Betron: and that rennethe undre erthe a grete weye, unto a fayre playn and a gret, that is clept Meldan, in Sarmoyz; that is to seye, feyre or markett in here langage; be cause that there is often feyres in that pleyn.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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"Latyn is feyre to lere," Wace, who "rymed it in Frankis fyne," and
Early Theories of Translation Flora Ross Amos
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Wyth Englysshe clothe, fulle gode and feyre to seyne,
Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914
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That ys to sey, a feyre age and a longe '(like Walton's own),
Introduction to the Compleat Angler Andrew Lang 1878
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Also this yere the kyng ordeyned the newe feyre and market at
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Take Connynges and smyte hem in gobetes and waissh hem and do hem in feyre water and wyne, and seeþ hem and skym hem. and whan þey buth isode pyke hem clene, and drawe the broth thurgh a straynour and do the flessh þerwith in a Possynet and styne it [1]. and do þerto vynegur and powdour or gynger and a grete quantite and salt after the last boillyng and serue it forth.
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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Loke ye have feyre pewter basens to kepe in your pouders and your ypocrasse to ren ynne. and to vi basens ye muste have vi renners on a perche as ye may here see. and loke your poudurs and your gynger be redy and well paryd or hit be beton in to poudr.
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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Sarmoyz; that is to seye, feyre or markett in here langage; be cause that there is often feyres in that pleyn.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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