† ˈmanred Obs.
Forms: α. 1 man(n)rǽden(n, 3 monreden, -ræidene, -raddene, 3, 5 man-, monradene, 5 manredyn, 6–7 manratten, -rydden. Also Sc. 4–9 manrent. β. 2–6 manred; also 3–4 -rede, 4 -rade, 6 -ryd, -rode, 7 -roode.
[OE. mannrǽden, f. mann man n.1 + -rǽden -red.]
1. Homage. Phr. to do manred or make manred, to take manred, fang manred, or nim manred.
| α c 1000 ælfric Josh. ix. 11 Þa cwædon ure frind, þæt we comon to eowre manrædene. c 1122 O.E. Chron. an. 1115 He dyde þæt ealle þa heafodmæn on Normandiᵹ dydon manræden..his sunu Willelme. c 1205 Lay. 6240 Ah eower monradene [c 1275 manradene] ich wulle fon. a 1300 St. Gregory 784 in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LVII. 784 Manredene, þat was to sayne To be boxum to his hond. c 1420 Anturs of Arth. 642 Here I make þe releyse,..And siþene make the monradene. |
| β c 1154 O.E. Chron. an. 1137 Hi hadden him manred maked & athes suoren. c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 351/20 Heo wende a-boute ope al hire lond and nam hire manrede [MS. manrade]. a 1300 Floriz & Bl. 395 His manrede þu schalt fonge. a 1300 Cursor M. 20620 Suet moder..al heuen court sal serue þe, To mak þe manred. c 1300 Harrow. Hell 88 Monrade dude y him me do. 1679 Earl Somerville Mem. Somervilles (1815) I. 75 To be obleidged and bound..in mandred,..to be with one another in all actiones. |
2. Vassals collectively; the men whom a lord can call upon in time of war. Hence
gen. a supply of men for purposes of warfare.
| 13.. K. Alis. 4665 Pays he dude anon grede To al Daries manrede. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 18596 He is ded and his kynred, And alle his frendis & his manred. 1543 Wharton in St. Papers Hen. VIII, V. 311 In Northumbreland wher manryd of men er. 1549 Cheke Hurt Sedit. (1641) 54 By destruction of Shieres, loosing of haruest,..decaying of manrode. c 1550–1665 Flodden Field (Percy Folio) st. 95 [I geeve thee againe] The manrydden [Harl. 367 manratten] of Lancashire..Att thy bidding euer to bee. 1559 Abp. Parker Corr. (Parker Soc.) 99 Where the manred with the manors is withdrawn from us, that we be not..charged with the setting forth of men of war. 1610 Holland Camden's Brit., Scot. ii. 17 John Commin the mightiest man for manred and retinew in all Scotland. 1630 R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 22 A good Manroode is an inexhaustible stocke. By populous armies did the Northerne Nations..overrunne farre greater Nations than their owne. |
3. The position of leader of fighting men; the ‘conduct’ (of an army).
| 1528 St. Papers Hen. VIII, I. 315 As schuld be seen moste expedient for the orderyng the men, and the manred theroff. 1570–6 Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 453 That Gentleman, that had the manred (as some yet call it) or the office, to lead the men, of a Towne, or Parish. 1581 in Jeanes Catal. Berkeley Chart. (1892) 227 The manred, rule, government, leading and commandment of all his servauntes [etc.]. |
† 4. Carnal intercourse.
Obs. rare—1.
| c 1205 Lay. 25911 He wolde mon-radene [c 1275 manradene] habben wið þan maidene. |