Obs. [OE. fréondrǽden: see FRIEND sb. and -RED.] Friendship.

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c. 888.  K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxi. Þæt hie ȝetreowlice heora … freondrædenne healdaþ.

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c. 1300.  K. Alis., 1487.

        And four thousand mark y-sende,
For to beon of his freondrede.

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1340.  Ayenb., 149. Þise urendrede ous ssewede Iesu crist þe zoþe urend.

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