† ˈfriendsome, a. Obs.
[f. friend (? n. or a.) + -some.]
Friendly, kindly, benign.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxviii. 20 [lxix. 16] Here me, lauerd, witterli, For frendsome es þi merci. 1375 Barbour Bruce i. 88 Thai trowyt that he..as freyndsome compositur, Wald hawe Iugyt in lawte. |
Hence † ˈfriendsomeness.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxiv. 12 [lxv. 11] Blisse saltou þe croune þat es Of yhere of his frendsomnes. Ibid. lxxxiv. 13 [lxxxv. 12] Sothlike frendsomnes lauerd giue sal. |