† fellowredn.
Obsolete.
1.
a. The condition or quality of being a fellow or companion; fellowship, companionship. Also: the company or society of others. to bear (a person) fellowred: cf. to bear (a person) fellowship at bear v.1 Phrases 1d.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun]
ymonec888
i-mennessec1050
meanc1175
ferredc1200
fellowshipa1225
fellowredc1230
sameningc1230
companyc1275
monec1300
conversationc1340
meanness1340
affinity?c1400
companyingc1443
compernagea1500
frequentation?1520
society1529
convoying1543
companionship1548
companyship1548
combining1552
haunt1552
community1570
unition1584
consociation1593
companionry1595
sodality1602
conversinga1610
converse1610
consorting1611
consociety1624
consociating1625
togetherness1656
association1659
consortiona1682
sociality1758
mixture1764
junction1783
consortation1796
conversancy1798
mingling1819
companionage1838
boon companionship1844
mateship1849
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 56 To beoren him feolahreadden [?c1225 Cleo. feorreden].
c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 219 Se [leprus] liest þe felarede of oþer men.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 16 Prede brek uerst uelarȝede and ordre.
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 4032 (MED) [He] preyde..Þat Gode shuld sende hym sum felaurede.
a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) l. 4923 Þe kyng þider message sente And so spedde wiþ his mede Þat he hadde heore felawrede [c1400 Laud frenderede].
?1537 Hugh of Caumpedene tr. Hist. Kyng Boccus sig. N.iij The sowle says a felowe I lede That me beryth feble felowrede.
b. for fellowred: for comradeship's sake.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > for comradeship's sake
for fellowred1340
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 38 Þe þyeues be uelaȝrede byeþ þo þet parteþ of þe þyefþe oþer uor uelaȝrede oþer by yefþe oþer be begginge.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20380 Qui wepes tu sua..For felaured now sai þou me.
2.
a. Spiritual communion or religious fellowship; close spiritual union; = communion n. 2c.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > communion > [noun]
fellowredc1230
commonc1300
communing1357
brotherheadc1384
fellowshipc1384
commoninga1400
communionc1405
brotherhooda1425
sodality1602
consent1635
correspondence1642
converse1668
koinonia1907
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > spiritual or mental
fellowredc1230
fellowshipc1384
commerce1597
communing1608
communion1800
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 19 Þet godd..hihi ham ut of pine to hare feolahredden [a1250 Nero velauredden].
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 14 ‘Þe mennesse of halȝen’ þet is to zigge: þe uelaȝrede of alle þe halȝen.
J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 101 Halikirk our modir..is communyng and felawred of al cristen folk, That communes to-gedir in the sacrementȝ.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27975 Þoru þis gilt, Es þat felau-reden spilt Þat tuix crist and vs suld be.
b. Sexual intercourse. Sometimes modified by fleshly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse
ymonec950
moneOE
meanc1175
manredc1275
swivinga1300
couplec1320
companyc1330
fellowred1340
the service of Venusc1350
miskissinga1387
fellowshipc1390
meddlinga1398
carnal knowinga1400
flesha1400
knowledgea1400
knowledginga1400
japec1400
commoning?c1425
commixtionc1429
itc1440
communicationc1450
couplingc1475
mellingc1480
carnality1483
copulation1483
mixturea1500
Venus act?1507
Venus exercise?1507
Venus play?1507
Venus work?1507
conversation?c1510
flesh-company1522
act?1532
carnal knowledge1532
occupying?1544
congression1546
soil1555
conjunction1567
fucking1568
rem in re1568
commixture1573
coiture1574
shaking of the sheets?1577
cohabitation1579
bedding1589
congress1589
union1598
embrace1599
making-outa1601
rutting1600
noddy1602
poop-noddy1606
conversinga1610
carnal confederacy1610
wapping1610
businessa1612
coition1615
doinga1616
amation1623
commerce1624
hot cocklesa1627
other thing1628
buck1632
act of love1638
commistion1658
subagitation1658
cuntc1664
coit1671
intimacy1676
the last favour1676
quiffing1686
old hat1697
correspondence1698
frigging1708
Moll Peatley1711
coitus1713
sexual intercourse1753
shagging1772
connection1791
intercourse1803
interunion1822
greens1846
tail1846
copula1864
poking1864
fuckeea1866
sex relation1871
wantonizing1884
belly-flopping1893
twatting1893
jelly roll1895
mattress-jig1896
sex1900
screwing1904
jazz1918
zig-zig1918
other1922
booty1926
pigmeat1926
jazzing1927
poontang1927
relations1927
whoopee1928
nookie1930
hump1931
jig-a-jig1932
homework1933
quickie1933
nasty1934
jig-jig1935
crumpet1936
pussy1937
Sir Berkeley1937
pom-pom1945
poon1947
charvering1954
mollocking1959
leg1967
rumpy-pumpy1968
shafting1971
home plate1972
pata-pata1977
bonking1985
legover1985
knobbing1986
rumpo1986
fanny1993
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 9 Þou ne sselt naȝt wylni uelaȝrede ulesslich wyþ oþre manne wyf.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 224 (MED) God uorbyet þet man ne habbe uelaȝrede mid his wyue ine zuich stat.
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 1650 But thou dedyst..no foly dede þat ys fleshly felaurede [a1425 Bodl. felawrede].
3. A group of fellows, companions, or other associated persons; a company.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun]
ferec975
flockOE
gingc1175
rout?c1225
companyc1300
fellowshipc1300
covinc1330
eschelec1330
tripc1330
fellowred1340
choira1382
head1381
glub1382
partya1387
peoplec1390
conventc1426
an abominable of monksa1450
body1453
carol1483
band1490
compernagea1500
consorce1512
congregationa1530
corporationa1535
corpse1534
chore1572
society1572
crew1578
string1579
consort1584
troop1584
tribe1609
squadron1617
bunch1622
core1622
lag1624
studa1625
brigadea1649
platoon1711
cohort1719
lot1725
corps1754
loo1764
squad1786
brotherhood1820
companionhood1825
troupe1825
crowd1840
companionship1842
group1845
that ilk1845
set-out1854
layout1869
confraternity1872
show1901
crush1904
we1927
familia1933
shower1936
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 16 He vil uram heuene: and becom dyeuel, and he and al his uelaȝrede.
a1350 (?c1225) King Horn (Harl.) (1901) l. 174 So feyr a felaurade ne seh yneuer stonde in westnesse londe.
a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 3137 Blythe was the Crystene felawrede [a1500 Douce felarede], Off Kyng Richard.
c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 121 Seynt peter, noþer his felow-redde, Dar nott speke A word.
a1500 St. Katherine (Cambr. Ff. 2. 38) l. 217 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd. Ser. 262 (MED) We forsake false Mahowne And Maxent & hys felowe-rede.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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