Middle Dutch vrient and its reduced variants continue into modern vriend. The current spelling retains ie while standard pronunciation is one syllable /vrint/; WNT discusses vrind as reduction and vriend as potentially etymologizing spelling.
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vriend
friend, companion, intimate, supporter, ally, relation, lover, or familiar form of address
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle Dutch · Middle Dutch, recorded from the early thirteenth century · friend relative lover ally middle dutchvrient
friend, ally, relation, lover, confidant, partisan, or form of address
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The ordinary friend sense continues while historical relation, lover, ally, patron, mediator, and supporter uses remain separately documented.
Middle Dutch into New Dutch and the current standard.
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Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands — vriendEWN main entry and subentries: vrient, vrind, vrunt to vriend
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the Dutch form continuum.
Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal — VRIEND IHeadword forms and historical sense groups
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies variants and historical semantic range.
WikiWoordenboek — vriend pronunciation and syllabificationUitspraak: IPA /vrint/, one syllable
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents current standard pronunciation only.
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