Obs. Also 3 feir. [aphet. form of AFFEIR, EFFEIR.] intr. To fall by right, appertain, become, be proper or meet. Const. with dat.; also for, till, to. Chiefly impers.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 21444 (Cott.). Þou sal haf broþer al þat þe fers.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter, lxiv. 2 [lxv. 1].
| Þe feres loft-sang, God, on-on, | |
| For to have in Syon. |
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, Thomas, 211.
| Richt wele it feris þe | |
| Seruand to kingis fore to be. |
a. 1455. Holland, Houlate, xxvii.
| The paipis armes at poynt to blasone and beir, | |
| As feris for a pursevant. |
1513. Douglas, Æneis, I. vi. 54. Sic honour certes, quhilk feris me nocht to haue.
