Middle English Dictionary Entry
frẹ̄̆nd-man n.
Entry Info
| Forms | frẹ̄̆nd-man n. Also vreond-, freind-, frent-. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A friend; (b) ?a kinsman.
Associated quotations
a
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)166 : Alle mine ureondmen, þe bet beo nu to-dai þet ich habbe i-sungen þe ðesne englissce lai.
- a1275 Þene latemeste dai (Trin-C B.14.39)24 : Þen þe sorie soule makit hire mon, Alle is frent-men beit iturnit to won.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6457 : How shulde y, frend-man, be þy frende, when þy-self fo-man wald þy hende?
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)183 : Þe frendmen him biwepeð, gef þar anie ben.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9867 : Ȝyf a frende man holde hyt [a mayde chylde] þore [to the bishop for christening], To wedde þat chylde he may neuer more.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20242 : Hir freind-men [Göt: sibmen; Frf: frendis] til hir scho cald, Hir sibmen and hir kinesmen.