Manred

//ˈmænɹɪd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Vassals collectively; the men a feudal lord can call upon in wartime. countable, historical, uncountable

    "There he was joined by his sons and addition troops, almost certainly more of the Dudley manred from the Midlands."

  2. 2
    The primal substance of the Universe uncountable

    "They were made of the manred, that is, of the elements in the extremities of their particles and smallest atom … God was in each of the particles of the manred, […]"

  3. 3
    Homage, allegiance; support of one's feudal superior. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 4
    The leader of a troop or retinue. countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable

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homagehomage

Example

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"There he was joined by his sons and addition troops, almost certainly more of the Dudley manred from the Midlands."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English manrede, manred, from Old English manrǣden (“dependence, homage, service, tribute, due”), equivalent to man + -red and a doublet of manrent. The expected Modern English form would be mandred (like kindred < Middle English kynrede), but the loss of the term from the spoken vernacular has arrested its normal phonological development (this also accounts for the pronunciation /ˈmænɹɛd/).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Welsh manred (“atom, mote”), formed from mân (“small”) + rhed (“course, flow”) in the 19th century.

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