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)

1. Partnership or companionship; having company:
   1. Intense; partnership or companionship; having friendship.
   2. Festiveness, cheer, merriment; feasting and joy.
   3. A spirit of familiarity and closeness; comradeship.
   4. Religious or heavenly fellowship, connection, or partnership.
   5. (rare) A romantic relationship or bond.
2. A fellowship, band, or company; a group united by a goal:
   1. A group of those who adhere or follow another's teachings.
   2. A troop or band; a military force or grouping.
   3. A crew or team (e.g. of a vessel).
3. A military, trade or religious organisation or association.
4. A religious or heavenly community of believers.
5. (rare) (The act of) sex or intercourse.
6. (rare) Similarity, connection (or something that is connected).
7. (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.