- fere⇄fere (1), noun.
(Archaic.)
1. a companion; comrade.
Ex. Ha' we lost the goodliest fere of all ...? (Ezra Pound).
2. a husband or wife; mate.
Ex. Paris ... took thee, the widow, as his fere (Bayard Taylor). - fere⇄fere (2), adjective.
(Scottish.) able; strong; sound; healthy.
Ex. I trust to find ye baith hale and fere (Scott).