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† ˈfering(e, adv. Obs.
[OE. fǽringa, fǽrunga (= OS. fârungo, OHG. fâringa), f. fǽr: see fear n.1]
Suddenly. After 12th c. only with genitival s, used quasi-adj. in feringes dede, sudden death.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke ii. 13 And þa wæs færinga [c 1160 Hatton Gosp. Luke ii. 13 færinge] ᵹeworden mid þam engle mycelnes heofonlices werydes. c1180Rood-Tree (1894) 26/12 Þa feringæ wearð heo bæften al on brune. a1300Cursor M. 7835 (Cott.) Qua lais hand in feloni O king..O ferings ded..He dei. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 185 Þis ȝere falle him þe ferynges dede.
Hence † ˈferingly adv., suddenly.
a1300E.E. Psalter lxiii[i]. 4 Ferinkli schote him sal þai swa. Ibid. lxxii[i]. 19 Ferinkli..Waned þai. |