Dictionary:ferda

Nynorn

Etymology

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Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932): Jakobsen, Jakob

ferd [færd (fɛrd, fǣrd, fərd)], vb., (vb. n.), to walk quickly; to hasten, to geng ferdin (N.I.); hwar is du ferdin till? (U^wg.); esp. of someone going quickly with a burden on his back or under his arm (U.); de tief [‘thief’] was ferdin awa [‘away’] wi’ his frag (booty): U^wg. færd, fɛ̄rd, fǣrd: U. færd, fərd: Fe. A breaking form fjard [fjärd] is reported from Nmⁿ. (N.Roe); to geng fjardin. — Deriv. of ferd¹, sb., in sense of speed; O.N. ferðask, vb., is found only in sense of to voyage, travel. — ferd, as vb. a. in sense of to carry, to bear off, has prob. arisen from førd, vb. a. (q.v.), which has been mingled with ferd, vb. n.

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Verb

to walk quickly

Inflection

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Synonyms

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