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).
† 1. A price. Obs.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 398. Sete feor o ðine luue.
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.
c. 1320. Cast. Love, 1091.
Ȝif þou wolt him bugge to his feore, | |
He schal costen þe ful deore. |
2. Sc. See quot. and FIARS.
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.