feer
adjective, noun, verb
feer is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of fear (“able, capable”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-E-R, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does feer mean?
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of fear (“able, capable”).
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo mark (a field) with furrows before ploughing.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of fere (“companion, friend, mate”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of feer
- more feer comparative
- most feer superlative
- feers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- feering participle, present
- feered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is feer?
Feer appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does feer come from?
From Middle English fere, from Old English fēre (“able to go, fit for service”). More at fear.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).