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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1465-1591
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Frend(e)full, Freindfull, a. Also: freyn-, fryndfull. [e.m.E. frendfull (a 1509).] Friendly. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvii. 173.
Thar-for so frendful ma nane be To me as thu 1465 Colquhoun Chart. 292.
The said Robert … sal … in esy, frendeful, and gudely wis, … suffir ane assise to pas vpon thir landis c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 1383.
A hous, quhar … A wedow duelt, was frendlull till our men 1513 Doug. v. i. 43.
The frendful, brotherly costis of Erycys 1513 Ib. vii. iv. 90.
Sa frendful a deid 1560 Montgomery Mem. 157.
Ather of the saidis parteis sall stand freindfull and amicable ilk ane to wthiris 1591 Edinburgh Testaments XXIII. 315.
I hertlie desyre … my gude mother to be gude & freindfull to … my dochter
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