Where does foeship come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

foeship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Dated; Uncountable

noun

Dated; Uncountable

"Foeship was still the note, not friendship, and in order to gain the key not only to the origin of gilds, but to their operations and their development, this must be kept in mind."

From Middle English foschip, equivalent to foe + -ship.

friendship

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