Meanings
adjectivefeirie (comparative more feirie, superlative most feirie)
comparative more feirie · superlative most feirie
- healthy; strong
Doubt ye nocht, Sir, bot wee will get hir; Wee sall be feirie for till [fet] hir;
1540, Sir David Lyndsay, Ane Satyre Of The Thrie Estaitis, Canongate Books, lines 397-398
Origin
From Late Middle English fery, equivalent to Old English fer, meaning "fit, able-bodied."
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