feirer (c.1200)
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feirer (c.1200)

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[ FEW: 3,464a feria; Gdf: 3,755a ferier 3; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1988 foirier 1; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  férier 2; TLF: ∅; OED:  ferie v.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 924a feriari ]
feirir  

v.a.

1to celebrate: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Le quart (= commandment) le sabat feirer a grant cure  (E) 2317
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  un prestre [...] comanda Ke ses parochiens feirassent Sa feste et li (= Saint Audree) honorassent  3752
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  e estre ceo l’em deit autres granz festes garder ke sunt establies en seynte eglise a feirer  31.26

v.n.

1to keep a festival: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Od tut ceo se guardat d’uvrer Les jurz que l’um deveit feirer  6454
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