A companion, comrade or friend.
they swange oute their swerdis and slowe of noble men of armys mo than an hondred – and than they rode ayen to theire ferys.
A person's spouse, or an animal's mate.
And Cambel tooke Cambrina to his fere.
From Middle English fere, from (Northumbrian) Old English fǣra, aphetic form of ġefēra (whence also Middle English y-fere).
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