English
manred
Manred comes from Middle English manrede ‘Homage’, and goes back to Old English manrǣden.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150manrǣden‘dependence, homage, service, tribute, due’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manrede‘Homage’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009manred
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150manrǣden‘dependence, homage, service, tribute, due’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manrede‘Homage’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009manred
Earliest quotation: 2009, Eric William Ives, The March on Framlingham: “There he was joined by his sons and addition…”
Formed from man + -red
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’
Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’
Middle English man
English man
The story
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/).
Every English word from Old English manrǣden
Another origin of manred
- Welshc. 1500–presentmanred‘atom, mote’
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
noun Vassals collectively; the men a feudal lord can call upon in wartime.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English manrǣden / manred