Middle English Dictionary Entry
frẹ̄̆nd-rēde(n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | frẹ̄̆nd-rēde(n n. Also -rade, vrend-, freond-. |
| Etymology | OE frēond-rǣden. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Friendship, fellowship; also, a group of comrades, a fellowship.
Associated quotations
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)6/16 : Ȝif hit godes wille beo..ant þin..ant þur þa freondrædene þe unc betweonan is, ic wolde wilniæn [etc.].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)149 : Þise urendrede ous ssewede Iesu crist, þe zoþe urend.
- c1400(?a1300) *KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1485 : And fourty þousande mark yshade, fforto ben of his frenderade [LinI: freondrede].
- c1400(?a1300) *KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7511 : Þis gome..to ȝoure frenderede trest.