[ Prouende], sb. food, Manip.; prouendre, food, PP; a prebend, ecclesiastical benefice, PP, CM.—OF. provende (provendre); Church Lat. praebenda, a ration, allowance, see BH (Introd. § 40).
[ Prouendre], sb. a prebendary, SkD.—OF. provendier.
[ Prouendren], v. to provide with prebends, P.
[ Prouendreres], sb. pl. men who hold prebends, S2, PP.
[ Prouisours], sb. pl. men named by the pope to a living not vacant, S2, PP.—Church Lat. provisores (Ducange).
[ Prow], sb. profit, advantage, C, C3, G, H, PP, HD; prou, H.—OF. prou, pru, advantage (Bartsch).
[ Prowesse], sb. prowess, S2; pruesse, S.—AF. pruesse, OF. proece.
[ Prustes], sb. pl. priests, S2; see [Prest].
[ Prut], adj. proud, S; see [Proud].
[ Pryde], sb. pride, PP; prute, S2; prude, PP, S, S2; pruyde, P; pruide, PP, S2; pride, S2 (p. 74).—AS. prýte. See [Proud].