† fedarien.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Either (i) a variant of feudary n., with the sense development influenced by association with the unrelated classical Latin foedus treaty (see federal adj.), or perhaps (ii) irregularly < classical Latin foedus + -ary suffix¹.Compare also the form federarie , which appears to occur only in the following:a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. i. 92 Shee's a Traytor, and Camillo is A Federarie with her. Some editors have regarded this as a misprint for intended fedarie , claiming that the latter would fit the metre better. However, federarie is a regular formation < classical Latin foeder- , foedus + -ary suffix¹, perhaps as an alteration of fedarie. The Second Folio and most subsequent editions read feodarie or feodary in all the passages.