vriene

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Etymology

From Middle English frẹ̄nd, from Old English frēond (friend, relative, lover, literally loving-), from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (lover, friend), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (to like, love).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɾiːn/, /ɸɾiːnd/

Noun

vriene (plural vrienes or frends)

  1. friend
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 12-14:
      az avare ye trad dicke londe yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.
      for before your foot pressed the soil, your name was known to us as the friend of liberty, and he who broke the fetters of the slave.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114