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† ˈbrotherred Obs.
Forms: 1 bróðorrǽden, 2–3 broþerreddene, 4 broþerrede, (5–6 brothered(e).
[OE. f. broðor brother + -rǽden condition, state: see -red, and cf. kindred. Apparently in its later ME. form brotherred, brothered, it was merged in brotherhed, earlier var. of brotherhood.]
= brotherhood.
(The quotations after 1400 illustrate the merging of brotherred in brotherhed.)
c1000ælfric Gram. vi. 17 Fraternitas, broðorræden. c1175Lamb. Hom. 41 Leofe breoðre haldeð broþerreddene eow bitwenen. 1340Ayenb. 110 He heþ þe broþerrede and part and uelaȝrede and riȝt and ine alle þe guode dedes. Ibid. 146 Ane broþerhede gostlich þet is worþ betere þanne þe broþerrede ulesslich. 1464Mann. & Househ. Exp. 272 The brodered of the ȝeld of Seynte Iohnes. 1513–4Act 5 Hen. VIII, vii, The Felishippe and Brodered of the blessed Trinite. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 340 b, A certain brethreed which vsed to..gather together at his hous. |