English

Noun

ferd ‎(plural ferds)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Impetus, speed.
2. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) A journey.

   He's on a ferd. Whatǃ? He's ferdedǃ.‎

3. (obsolete or historical) An army, a host.
   • 1330, Robert Mannyng, Chronicle

     With þe wille I go als felawes in ferd.

     (With thee will I go as fellows in a ferd.)

4. (obsolete or historical) A military expedition.
   • c. 1050, The Paris Psalter

     Þeah þu mid us ne fare on fyrd...

     (Though thou with us not fare on a ferd...)

5. (obsolete or historical) A company, band, or group.
   • c. 1400, The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy

     And foure scoure fyne shippes to the flete broght... with fyfty, in a furthe, all of fuerse vesell.

     (And four score fine ships to the fleet brought... with fifty in a ferd, all of fierce vessel.)

   • 1986, Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, Douglas Gray, Middle English literature - Volume 1 - Page 89:

     For him a lord (British or Roman) is essentially a leader of a 'ferd' (OE fyrd); […]

Usage notes

• This word in its Anglo-Saxon form, fyrd, is used historically in a technical sense.

Derived terms

• landfyrd
• shipfyrd
• ferdfare
• ferdwite

Related terms

• here

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from feren ‎(“to fear”). More at fear.

Noun

ferd ‎(usually uncountable, plural ferds)

1. (obsolete) Fear.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ferð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛːr/, /fɛrd/ (examples of pronunciation)

Noun

ferd f ‎(definite singular ferda, indefinite plural ferder, definite plural ferdene)

1. journey, travel

   Korleis var ferda di til Sambandsstatane?

   How was your journey to the United States?

2. group of people

Derived terms

• ferdsel

Verb

ferd

1. imperative of ferda and ferde

References

• “ferd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.