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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 343 words | Copyright

-red repr. OE. rǣden condition, which was freely used as a suffix, as in brōðorrǣden brotherhood, frēondrǣden friendship, sibrǣden relationship. Only a few were retained in ME., but there were some new formations, as felawrede fellowship, haterede(n) HATRED, kinrede(n) KINDRED.

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