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FEAR
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English
English : variant spelling of Heron.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEaráin ‘descendant of Earán’, a personal name from a diminutive of earadh ‘fear’, ‘dread’, ‘distrust’.Spanish (Herrón) : unexplained.
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : occupational name for a blacksmith or worker in iron, from Old French ferron ‘blacksmith’, Latin ferro, genitive ferrÅnis, a derivative of ferrum ‘iron’. Compare Ferro.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a place where there was an abundance of ferns, from Old English fearn ‘fern’ (sometimes used as a collective noun).
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English
English : patronymic from Fellow, from Middle English felagh, felaw late Old English fēolaga ‘partner’, ‘shareholder’ (Old Norse félagi, from fé ‘fee’, ‘money’ + legja to lay down). In Middle English the term was used in the general sense of a companion or comrade, and the surname thus probably denoted a (fellow) member of a trade guild. Compare Fear 1.
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French
French : from a pet form of the personal name Malo (see Malo 1).French : variant of Malette.French, Catalan and English : from French, English, and Catalan mallet ‘hammer’, Old French ma(i)let, diminutive of ma(i)l (Latin malleus) either a metonymic occupational name for a smith, or possibly a nickname for a fearsome warrior.French and English : nickname for an unlucky person, from Old French maleit ‘accursed’ (Latin maledictus, the opposite of benedictus ‘blessed’).English : from the medieval female personal name Malet, a diminutive of Mal(le) (see Mall).English : variant of Mallard 1.
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English
English : patronymic from Fear.
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English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Farley.
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Southern Italian
Southern Italian : nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, from Latin leo ‘lion’.Italian : from a short form of the personal name Pantaleo.Jewish : from the personal name Leo (from Latin leo ‘lion’), borrowed from Christians as an equivalent of Hebrew Yehuda (see Leib 3).English : from the Old French personal name Leon ‘lion’ (see Lyon 2).Spanish : variant or derivative of the personal name Leon.Dutch : from Latin leo ‘lion’, applied either a nickname for a strong or fearless man or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a lion; or alternatively from a personal name of the same derivation.German and Hungarian (Leó) : Latinized form of Löwe (see Loewe).
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English (now mainly in Scotland; also West Midlands and Welsh border)
English (now mainly in Scotland; also West Midlands and Welsh border) : habitational name from places in Shropshire and West Yorkshire, so named from Old English hær ‘rock’, ‘heap of stones’ or hara ‘hare’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. In some cases the name may be topographic.Irish : when not of English origin, this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarghaile ‘descendant of Earghal’, a variant of the personal name Fearghal without the initial F- (see Farrell).
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Gaelic
Variant spelling of Gaelic Fearghus, FEARGHAS means "strong-man."Â
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English
English : nickname for a sociable person, from Middle English fe(a)re ‘comrade’, ‘companion’ (Old English (ge)fēra).English : nickname for a proud or haughty person, from Middle English fere ‘proud’ (Old French fier).
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English
English : habitational name from Feering, a village in Essex, named from the Old English personal name Fēra + -ingas ‘people of’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) Fēra’s people’.Americanized spelling of German Viering, a topographic name for someone from a swampy area, from a derivative of Germanic vir ‘bog’, ‘swamp’, or a variant of Fehring 2.
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English
English : variant spelling of Fern 1.
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Irish (Galway)
Irish (Galway) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearadhaigh (see Ferry).English : from the Old English personal name Fæger ‘fair’ + dǣge ‘servant’, hence ‘servant of (a man called) Fair’.
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English
English : variant of Harold.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarghail ‘descendant of Earghal’, a personal name with the same etymology as Fearghal (see Farrell).
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English
English : habitational name from a place called Farrington. There is one in Somerset, but the surname is associated mainly with Farington, Lancashire. Both are named from Old English fearn ‘fern’ + tūn ‘settlement’. The surname probably reached America also via Ireland, where it is recorded as early as the 14th century.
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Irish and Scottish
Irish and Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearghuis or Ó Fearghasa ‘descendant of Fearghus’, or from the Scottish-Gaelic form of this personal name, Fearghus (see Fergus).English : variant of Farrar.
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : from a derivative of Old French hurer ‘to bristle or ruffle’, ‘to stand on end’ (see Huron).Irish : this may be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarghaill ‘descendant of Earghall’, a variant of Ó Fearghail (see Farrell).
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English
English : habitational name from either of two places, one formerly in Lancashire, now in Greater Manchester; the other in Cheshire, both so named from Old English as fearn ‘fern’ + worð ‘enclosure’.
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Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearadhaigh ‘descendant of Fearadhach’, a personal name of uncertain origin, probably an adjective derivative of fear ‘man’.English : metonymic occupational name for a ferryman, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ferry crossing on a river. Middle English feri ‘ferry’ is from Old Norse ferja ‘ferry’, ultimately cognate with the Old English verb ferian ‘to carry’.
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a.
Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
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Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable.
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Free from fear.
n.
An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
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Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
imp. & p. p.
of Fear
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The state of being fearful.
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To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.
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Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.
v. t.
Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.
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Frightful; causing fear.
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inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.
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Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall.
adv.
In a fearful manner.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Fear
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A fearless person.
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Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier.
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Indicating, or caused by, fear.
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Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.
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Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear.