A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1665
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]
Frend-, Freynd-, Freindly, -lie, a. Also: freindle, fryndlie. [ME. frende-, frendly, OE. fréondlic.] Displaying or indicating friendship; amicable.(a) 1513 Doug. i. xi. 84.
Frendly falloschip 1513 Ib. ii. iii. 5.
With frendly wordis 1513 Ib. iii. i. 25.
Our frendly goddis(b) c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxi. 57.
With freyndly smylingis 1513 Doug. xiii. x. 128.
Baith pepille of Troy & folk Italian, … Becummyn ar freyndly 1530 Edinb. B. Rec. 34.
In freyndlie luf and kyndnes 1533 Boece vi. xi. 208.
The nacioun vmquhile sa freyndlie 1586 Protocol Book of J. Mercer 4 b.
Freyndlie and rationabill arbitrament(c) c1500-c1512 Dunb. ix. 130.
Vndir ane freindly countenance 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 36.
He kissit him … With freindlie salutatioun 1596 Dalr. II. 292/1.
With the Cardinal he was … sa freindlie and plesand 1615 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 8.
Quhairin thay may kythe thair freindle dewtie 1665 Ib. 578.
Ane ameiable and freindlie aggriement
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Freindly adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/freindly_adj>
