manrede
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- mannrede, manred, manreden, monrede, monreden
- manraden, man ræden, man red, mon-raden (Early Middle English)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English manrǣden (“homage, service”); equivalent to man (“man”) + -rede (“-hood”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]manrede (uncountable)
- Homage; feudal allegiance or dependence.
- (rare, Late Middle English) Vassals; the men pledged to a feudal lord.
- (rare, Early Middle English) The act of sexual intercourse.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “man-rēden, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-28.
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- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms suffixed with -rede
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
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- Late Middle English
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- enm:Collectives
- enm:Feudalism
- enm:Sex