freond

Etymology
From, from , originally a present participle of the weak verb  (🇨🇬), from Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- ‘like, love’. Corresponding to.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) friend
 * 2) * c. 990, , John 15:15
 * "ang"

- Ne telle iċ ēow tō þēowum. Iċ telle ēow tō frēondum.


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
 * "ang"

- Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?


 * 1)  lover

Usage notes

 * In Late Old English, the dative singular is often frēonde and the nominative/accusative plural is often frēondas.

Synonyms

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