Ferd vs Fend - What's the difference?
ferd | fend |
An army, a host.
* 1330 , Robert Mannyng, Chronicle
A military expedition.
* c. 1050 , The Paris Psalter
A company, band, or group.
* c. 1400 ,
*1986 , Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, ?Douglas Gray, Middle English literature - Volume 1 - Page 89 :
(obsolete) Fear.
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To take care of oneself, to take responsibility for oneself.
* 1990 , Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act , U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40,
* 2003 , Scott Turow Reversible Errors ,
); to block or push away ((non-gloss definition)).
* Dryden
* 1999 , Kuan-chung Lo, Guanzhong Luo, Luo Guanzhong, Moss Roberts, Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel , page 39
* 2002 , Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor ,
As nouns the difference between ferd and fend
is that ferd is an army, a host or ferd can be (obsolete) fear while fend is an enemy; fiend; the devil.As a verb fend is
to take care of oneself, to take responsibility for oneself.ferd
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ferde, feord, furd, from (etyl) fyrd, fierd, . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- With þe wille I go als felawes in ferd .
- (With thee will I go as fellows in a ferd .)
- Þeah þu mid us ne fare on fyrd ...
- (Though thou with us not fare on a ferd ...)
- And foure scoure fyne shippes to the flete broght... with fyfty, in a furthe , all of fuerse vesell.
- (And four score fine ships to the fleet brought... with fifty in a ferd , all of fierce vessel.)
- For him a lord (British or Roman) is essentially a leader of a 'ferd' (OE fyrd); […]
Usage notes
* This word in its Anglo-Saxon form, (l), is used historically in a technical sense.Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl), from . More at (l).Noun
(en-noun)fend
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).Etymology 2
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- Mr. Howley. They are telling him how much they will increase the reimbursement for the total labor cost. The contractor is left to fend as he can.
- Chairman Murphy. Obviously, he can’t fend for any more than the money he has coming in.
page 376
- The planet was full of creatures in need, who could not really fend , and the law was at its best when it ensured that they were treated with dignity.
- With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold.
- He fends , he blocks, too skillful to be downed.
page 187
- “ My age is lot like yours. Lone women do not fare well. If I were not there to fend for you, you—”