Manred

From Middle English manred, manrede, from Old English manrǣden ("dependence, homage, service, tribute, due"), equivalent to man + -red.

Alternative forms

• manryd, mandred
• manrede, manredyn, manrent Scotland

Full definition of manred

Noun

1. (UK dialectal or obsolete) Homage.
2. (UK dialectal or obsolete) Vassals collectively; the supply of men a lord can call upon in time of warfare.
• 2009 , Eric William Ives , Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery Chapter The March on Framlingham , There he was joined by his sons and addition troops, almost certainly more of the Dudley manred from the Midlands.
3. (UK dialectal or obsolete) The position of leader among fighting men; the conduct (of an army).
4. (rare, UK dialectal or obsolete) Carnal intercourse.
5. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The solemn undertaking to be one's faithful supporter, and the obligation so constituted.

Noun

1. (mythology) primal substance of the Universe
• 2003 , Kennth Morris , Theosophical Path Magazine, January to June 1930 Chapter Druidism , They were made of the manred, that is, of the elements in the extremities of their particles and smallest atom … God was in each of the particles of the manred, ...
• 2004 , Lewis Spence , An Introduction to Mythology Chapter The Celtic Idea of the Origin of Man , God pronounce his ineffable name, and Manred, the primal substance of the Universe, was formed. Manred was composed of thousands of teeming atoms in each of which God was present, and each was part of God.