feirie

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English fery, equivalent to Old English fer, meaning "fit, able-bodied." === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɪəri/ === Adjective === feirie (comparative more feirie, superlative most feirie) healthy; strong 1540, Sir David Lyndsay, Ane Satyre Of The Thrie Estaitis, Canongate Books, lines 397-398 Doubt ye nocht, Sir, bot wee will get hir; Wee sall be feirie for till [fet] hir; == Scots == === Etymology === From fere +‎ -ie. === Noun === feirie (plural feiries) (archaic or poetic) diminutive of fere (“fere”, n.) === References === “Fere, n.1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.