Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1824
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WEEL-FREENDED, ppl.adj. Having good or helpful friends, well-befriended.Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet Letter xi.:
Sair wark he had to get the siller; but he was weel-freended.