A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Frely], adj. noble, gracious, S2, C2, B; freolich, S; freyliche, S2; freliche, adv. freely, PP, S2.—AS. fréolic, adv. fréolice. See [Fre].

[ Fre-man], sb. freeman, S.—AS. fréomon.

[ Fremde], adj. and sb. strange, foreign, stranger, S, C2, PP; fremmde, S; fremede, S; fremmed, PP.—AS. fremede, fremde, strange.

[ Fremen], v. to accomplish, S, HD; see [Framien].

[ Frend], sb. friend, S, C; freonde, PP; freondes, pl., PP; freond, S, S2; ureondes, S; frendes, C3, PP; frenden, dat., S.—AS. fréond.

[ Frenden], v. reflex. to gain friends; ureonden, S.

[ Frendesse], sb. female friend, W2.

[ Frendrede], sb. friendship, HD.—AS. fréondrǽden.

[ Frendschipe], sb. friendship, S, C; freontschipe, S.—AS. fréondscipe.

[ Freoien], v. to free, MD; vri, imp. s., S2; freode, pt. s., MD; fried, pp., S.—AS. fréogan (fréon), pt. fréode, pp. fréod. See [Fre].