Proudfute, having been active in spreading these reports, as indeed his element lay in such gossipred, some words passed betwixt him and me on the subject; and, as I think, he left me with the purpose of visiting Henry. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
Among other things the statute enacted that "the alliaunce of the English by marriage with any Irish, the nurture of infantes, and gossipred with the Irish, be deemed high treason.". From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
Stratford and London, at which Will Shakspeare often quartered as he went down to his native town; and that out of friendship and gossipred, as we say in Scotland, Will Shakspeare became godfather to Will. From Wordnik.com. [Woodstock; or, the Cavalier] Reference
Special, short-lived alliances between lords of different Provinces are indeed frequent; but they were brought about mostly by ties of relationship or gossipred, and dissolved with the disappearance of the immediate danger. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1] Reference
The English Earl knew he could only obtain possession by treachery; he therefore leagued with Roe O'Brien, "so that they entered into gossipred with each other, and took vows by bells and relics to retain mutual friendship;" or, as the Annals of Clonmacnois have it. From Wordnik.com. [An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800] Reference
Having for allies many of the northern Irish, whose chieftain, O'Neill, invited him to be King over the Gael in Ireland, and whose neighbourhood to the Scottish coast made them regard his followers as their fellow-countrymen, he courted them on all occasions, and thus the Irish customs of gossipred and fostering -- preferring the Brehon laws to statute law, whether enacted at. From Wordnik.com. [An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800] Reference
“For the sake of our old gossipred, and for the love of Our. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
"For the sake of our old gossipred, and for the love of Our Blessed. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day] Reference
"And money enough his advice has cost me, notwithstanding our gossipred!. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: Spanish] Reference
Oliver Proudfute, having been active in spreading these reports, as indeed his element lay in such gossipred, some words passed betwixt him and me on the subject; and, as I think, he left me with the purpose of visiting Henry Smith, for he broke off from the morrice dancers, promising, as it seems, to meet them, as your honour has said, at the sign of the Griffin, in order to conclude the evening. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day] Reference
The Act sets out with this preamble: "Whereas, at the conquest of the land of Ireland, and for a long time after, the English of the said land used the English language, mode of riding, and apparel, and were governed and ruled, both they and their subjects, called Betaghese (villeins), according to English law, &c., &c., -- but now many English of the said land, forsaking the English language, manners, mode of riding, laws, and usages, live, and govern themselves according to the manners, fashion, and language of the Irish enemies, and also have made divers marriages and alliances between themselves and the Irish enemies aforesaid -- it is therefore enacted, among other provisions, that all intermarriages, fosterings, gossipred, and buying or selling with the 'enemie,' shall be accounted treason -- that English names, fashions, and manners shall be resumed under penalty of the confiscation of the delinquent's lands -- that March-law and Brehon-law are illegal, and that there shall be n. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1] Reference
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