Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bring_v	good_a	let_v	1,083	5	3.7839	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18571	The plouumans tale compylled by syr Geffrey Chaucher knyght	Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, attributed name.; Brampton, Thomas, fl. 1414, attributed name.	1548 (1548)	STC 5100; ESTC S104968	18,107	64

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