freind

See also: Freind

English

Noun

freind

1. Misspelling of friend.
   • [1787–1790], [Jane Austen], “Frederic & Elfrida: a novel”, in Volume the First, chapter I, page 2:

     They were exceedingly handsome and so much alike, that it was not every one who knew them apart.—Nay even their most intimate freinds had nothing to distinguish them by, but the shape of the face, the colour of the Eye, the length of the Nose & the difference of the complexion. Elfrida had an intimate freind to whom, being on a visit to an Aunt, she wrote the following Letter.

Middle English

Noun

freind

1. Alternative form of frend