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Grammar
freónd, dat. friénd, frínd, frýnd, freónde.
Wright's OE grammar
§47; §104; §105; §140; §174; §175; §269; §285; §295; §299; §416; §417; §601;
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where mutual affection is felt or professed
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  • Eálá þú freónd and mín mǽg (cf. his néhmága sum and his worldfreónda hine lufode, 9),

    • Bl. H. 113, 22.

  • Ðá getreówan freónd (friénd, v.l. ), ic secge, seó þæt deórweorþeste ðyng þissa woruldgesǽlþa ... ǽlces óþres þinges mon wilnað ... tó sumum woruldluste bútan ðæs getreówan freóndes,

    • Bt. 24, 3
      • ;
    • F. 82, 34.

  • Ðú eart on borg begán ðínum friénd,

    • Past. 193, 18.

  • Tó his friénd (frínd, v.l. ),

    • 325, 1.

  • Friénd (frynd, freónd, v.ll. ),

    • Ll. Th. i. 50, 29.

  • Frýnd,

    • Hml. Th. i. 248, 4, 13
      • :
    • Th. Ap. 16, 13.

  • Hwæt forstód seó mengu þára freónda ... þá friénd cumaþ mid ðám welan,

    • Bt. 29, 2
      • ;
    • F. 106, 8.

  • His freónd him ætfeallað, oððe his feoh him ætbyrst.

    • Wlfst. 142, 6.

  • Ǽghwylcum men biþ leófre swá hé hæbbe holdra freónda má.

    • Bl. H. 123, 1.

  • Seó lícetung heora fieónda,

    • 99, 33.

  • Hé gegæderaþ frínd and geféran,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • F. 74, 38.

  • Friénd,

    • 84, 1.
used to a stranger as a mark of goodwill or kindly condescension
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  • Eálá þú freónd, ne dó ic þé nǽnne teónan,

    • Mt. 20, 13
      • :
    • 22, 12.

  • Freónda gehwilc mid rihtan getrýwðan óðerne lufige,

    • Ll. Th. i. 350, 13.

  • Wé willað biddan freónda gehwylcne ... ꝥ hí ǽnne God lufian,

    • 316, 17.

  • Word and weorc freónda gehwylc fadige mid rihte,

    • 322, 10: 372, 1.
a relative, kinsman
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  • Mǽg ł freónd

    amicus,

    • Mt. L. 11, 19
      • :
    • Jn. L. 11. 11.

  • Áríseþ suna wið freóndum

    insurgent filii in parentes,

    • Mt. R. 10, 21.

  • Frióndum and mégum

    cognatis et amicis,

    • Lk. L. R. 21, 16.

  • Betuih freóndo (-e, R., mágas, W.S.) and cúðo

    inter cognatos et adnotos,

    • 2, 44.
where the duties or benefits consequent upon kinship are referred to
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  • Gif man mǽdan weddian wille, and hit swá hire and freóndan gelícige ... áborgian his frýnd ꝥ,

    • Ll. Th. i. 254, 2-7
      • :
    • 10: 256, 2.

  • Fón þá néhstan frýnd (frínd, v.l.) tó þám lande,

    • 416, 10.

  • Licge hé ágylde eallnm his freóndum,

    • 312, 12.
a lover
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  • Juliana, þú wiðsæcest þínum brýdguman ... hé is tó freónde gód.

    • Jul. 102.

  • Sceal fémne hire freónd gesécean,

    • Gn. C. 44.
one who wishes well to another, favours, supports, helps
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  • Gif þú hine forlǽtst ne eart ðú ðæs cáseres freónd ( friónd. L.),

    • Jn. 19, 12.

  • Ne þearf hé þǽr nǽfre wénan þæs freóndes þe hine of þæs deófles gewealdum álésan mæge.

    • Bl. H. 63, 2.

  • Þone hé tealde him tó frýnd þe him sume hefigtýmnysse on belǽdde.

    • Hml. Th. ii. 546, 18.

  • Dryhten, sint geweorðode mid mé ðíne friénd,

    • Past. 85, 24.

  • Gefáh wið þone cyning and wid ealle his frýnd,

    • Ll. Th. i. 248, 13.

  • Wid ealle his freónd,

    • 210, 11.
Grammar
freónd, Godes freónd
an upholder of religion, a pious person , a true Christian
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  • Éhte his íélc þára þe Godes freónd sí,

    • Ll. Th. i. 340, 9
      • :
    • 358, 24.

  • Hé wæs swýðe Godes freónd,

    • Chr. 654
      • ;
    • P. 29, 14.

  • Feówer þing synt behéfost þám árwyrðan men, þám Godes frýnd þám þe þencð tó þám écan lífe,

    • Wlfst. 247, 12.

  • Gé þe Godes frýnd synd,

    • Bl. 191, 36.

  • Sculan Godes freónd ǽlc unriht álecgan,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 312, 30.

  • Eallum Godes freóndum gebireð ꝥ hí Godes cirican lufian,

    • 240, 4.
in the laws, one who undertakes responsibility on behalf of another
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  • Niman hine on borh þá þe hine ǽr hláforde befæston ... oþþe óðere frýnd gif hé hæbbe,

    • Ll. Th. i. 162, 18.

  • Bið se deáda besmiten búton hé frínd hæbbe þe hine mid rihte clǽnsnian ... Gif hé þǽra freónda hæfd þe ꝥ dón durron,

    • 290, 12-15.

  • Selle hé his wǽpn his freóndum tó gehealdanne,

    • 60, 8.

  • His mǽgum and his frióndum,

    • 90, 9.
of things, anything helpful
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  • Mé gelyste þǽre deóglan stówe þe ic ǽr on wæs in mynstre, seó is þǽre gnornunge freónd

    secretum locum petii amicum moeroris,

    • Gr. D. 3, 13.
one who is on good terms with another, not at variance
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  • Áworden woeron frióndas Heródes and Pílatus,

    • Lk. L. R. 23, 12.
one who is on the same side or of the same party as another , an associate
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  • Ne sé wé freóndas (socii, geféran,

    • W.S.
    ) hiora in blód ðára wítgana,

    • Mt. L. 23, 30.

  • Oft ic ( a sword ) óðrum scód frécne æt his freónde,

    • Rä. 21, 16.
¶ in contrast with feónd
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  • Of þǽm feóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs, ꝥ hé seoððan wæs mé freónd

    factus amicus ex hoste,

    • Nar. 19, 21.

  • Feónd on freóndes anlícnesse.

    • Bt. 29, 2
      • ;
    • F. 106, 15.

  • Freónde ne feónde,

    • Met. 25, 16.

  • Mid ðís andweardan welan mon wyrcþ oftor feónd ðonne freónd.

    • Bt. 24, 3
      • ;
    • F. 84, 4.

  • Tócnáwan þíne frínd (frénd, v.l.) and þíne fýnd (fiénd, v.l. ),

    • 20
      • ;
    • F. 72, 20.

  • Ne friénd ne fiénd,

    • 37, 1
      • ;
    • F. 186, 7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “freónd.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/46422.

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