Fere


[feer] /fɪər/

noun, Archaic.
1.
a companion; mate.
/fɪə; Scottish fiːr/
noun (Scot)
1.
a companion
2.
Also fier. a husband or wife
n.

“companion” (obsolete), from Middle English fere, a shortening of Old English gefera “associate, comrade, fellow-disciple; wife, man, servant,” from root of faran “to go, travel” (cf. German Gefährte “companion;” see fare (v.)).

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