Middle English Dictionary Entry
fē̆lau-rē̆de n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fē̆lau-rē̆de n. Also -rade, -redde, ve(o)lau-, falu-. |
| Etymology | From fē̆laue & -rēde(n (OE rǣden condition). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Association with others; fellowship, companionship, friendship, or an instance of it; thef be ~, an accomplice in theft; (b) spiritual companionship or communion; (c) sexual intercourse; fleshli ~; (d) convivial companionship, revelry.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)218/147 : Se leprus signefiez þo senuulle men..þurch Scab nis nacht man and wyman deseiurd fram mannes felarede.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)311 : Y þe forbede Þe fals steward felawerede.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)38 : Þe þyeues be uelaȝrede byeþ þo þet parteþ of þe þyefþe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)102 : Prede deþ man out of uelaȝrede, uor he wyle by aboue alle oþren.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)220 : Vor þe fole uelaȝredes amerreþ ofte children.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)226 : Þri þinges belongeþ moche to ham þet byeþ ine þe stat of wodewehod..naȝt uor to uolȝy þe uelaȝredes suspiciouses.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4032 : [He] preyde..Þat Gode shuld sende hym sum felaurede.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20380 : Qui wepes tu sua?..For felaured now sai þou me.
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)6199 : The kyng thider message sente, And so spedde with his mede That he hadde heore felawrede [Ld: frenderede].
b
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)28a : To beoren him [Christ] feolahreadden [Nero: ueolauredden].
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)38 : Ȝif ich nam wurðe for to beon iblesced in hore veolauredden [Corp-C: ferredden].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27975 : Þoru þis gilt [sodomy] Es þat felau-reden [Glb: felaw-redyn] spilt Þat tuix crist and vs suld be.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)10 : Þis heste uorbyet..to habbe uelaȝrede ulesslich mid alle wyfmen out of spoushod.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)224 : God uorbyet þet man ne habbe uelaȝrede mid his wyue ine zuich stat.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1880 : But she mow wone yn þat stede To haue þy fleshly felawrede.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)3/14 : Neuer to haue fleschlich felowered wiþ man.
d
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)53 : Þe ilke þet libbeþ be hare iolyuete wylleþ hyealde hire fole uelaȝredes, zuo þet hi ne conne ne hi ne moȝe healde mesure.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)139 : [The poor man] ne zecheþ ne ine robes..ne ine festes, ne ine uelaȝredes.
2.
(a) A group of associates or companions bound by leadership or kind; a company, band, crew; specif., a body of soldiers or knights; (b) the heavenly communion or community; (c) the Christian communion or community on earth; (d) the followers of Mohammed or of a pagan lord.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)174 : So feyr a felaurade ne seh yneuer stonde in westnesse londe.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5893 : Arthour & his felawered.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)24 : Þe ilke þet is zuo heȝe arise ine prosperite þengþ in his herte..to þe greate uelaȝrede þet him uolȝeþ.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3707 : Now ne dar he noþyng drede Of þat hyndere falurede þat comeþ after gon.
- c1400 St.Alex.(3) (LdMisc 622)43/477 : Amonge þe pouere felawrede.
- c1450 Kynge of grace (Trin-C B.11.24)116 : Seynt peter, noþer his felow-redde, Dar nott speke A word for drede.
b
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)8a : Þet godd..hihi ham ut of pine to hare feolahredden [Nero: velauredden].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)14 : Þe uelaȝrede of alle þe halȝen and of alle þe guode men.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)75 : Ine paradys..is blisfolle uelaȝrede of god and of angles and of halȝen.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11389 : Þou art departed fro heuene blys And fro alle þe felawrede Þat shulde þe helpe at þy nede.
c
- c1330 KTars (Auch)312 : Þe soudan wald haue pes On cristen felawerede.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)102 : Huanne þou zest þine bene ine þe uelaȝrede of al holy cherche.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)24/101 : Halikirk..is communyng and felawred of al cristen folk.
d
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)1188 : Cur-sed be..Mahound and alle hys felaw-rede!
- a1500 St.Kath.(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)217 : We forsake false Mahowne And Maxent & hys felowe-rede.