manred
Plural: manreds
Noun
- Vassals collectively; the men a feudal lord can call upon in wartime.
- Homage, allegiance; support of one's feudal superior.
- The leader of a troop or retinue.
- The primal substance of the Universe
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English manrede, manred, from Old English manrǣden (“dependence, homage, service, tribute, due”), equivalent to man + -red and a doublet of manrent.
The expected Modern English form would be mandred (like kindred < Middle English kynrede), but the loss of the term from the spoken vernacular has arrested its normal phonological development (this also accounts for the pronunciation /ˈmænɹɛd/).
Scrabble Score: 9
manred is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionarymanred is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
manred is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 0
manred is not valid in Words With Friends