Only ME. and Sc. Forms: 3 feor, 8– Sc. fiar, fier, feer. [ME. feor a. OF. feor, feur, fuer fixed price, standard: L. forum (in class. L. market).

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  † 1.  A price. Obs.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 398. Sete feor o ðine luue.

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a. 1240.  Wohunge, in Cott. Hom., 287. Ȝif þat i mi luue bede for to selle and setle feor þer upon swa hehe swa ich eauer wile.

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c. 1320.  Cast. Love, 1091.

        Ȝif þou wolt him bugge to his feore,
He schal costen þe ful deore.

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  2.  Sc. See quot. and FIARS.

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18[?].  Jamieson, Fier, Feer, a standard of any kind. Yarn is said to be spun by, i.e. beyond, the fier, when it is drawn smaller than the proper thickness.

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