felaweshipe
Middle English
Alternative forms
- falchipp, felachep, felachipe, felachup, felaghshepe, felaschipe, felashipe, felashipp, felauchip, felauschip, felauschipe, felauschupe, felauscip, felauship, felauȝschipe, felawe-schipe, felaweschipe, felawschep, felawschip, felawshepe, felawship, felawshipe, felaȝschip, felaȝschyp, felechep, feleschep, feleschepe, feleschyppe, feliship, fellasship, fellyschipp, felouschip, feloushep, felowschip, felowschipe, felowschippe, felowshipe, felship, felyship, felyshipp, felyshyp, ffelacheppe, ffeleshyppe
- (Early ME) felauscipe, felawscipe, feolahschipe
Etymology
Equivalent to felawe + -schipe; either a new ME formation or adapted from Old Norse félagskapr, félagsskapr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛlau̯ʃip(ə)/, /ˈfɛlɔu̯ʃip(ə)/, /ˈfɛləʃip(ə)/, /ˈfeː-/
Noun
felaweshipe (plural felaweshipes)
- Partnership or companionship; having company:
- Intense; partnership or companionship; having friendship.
- Festiveness, cheer, merriment; feasting and joy.
- A spirit of familiarity and closeness; comradeship.
- Religious or heavenly fellowship, connection, or partnership.
- (rare) A romantic relationship or bond.
- A fellowship, band, or company; a group united by a goal:
- A military, trade or religious organisation or association.
- A religious or heavenly community of believers.
- (rare) (The act of) sex or intercourse.
- (rare) Similarity, connection (or something that is connected).
- (rare) A group or grouping.
Descendants
- English: fellowship
References
- “fē̆lauship(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-08-31.
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