Honorific term used in kyogen plays and historical settings to refer to one's own lord or master. Not used in modern everyday speech.
See also: 頼うだ人
In kyogen, there are often scenes where a retainer addresses his lord as 'tanouda okata'.
Standard kanji spelling for this honorific term used in kyogen and historical contexts.
Variant spelling with お in kana; also found.
頼うだ is a historical contracted form of 頼んだ; 頼うだ御方 means “the honorable person whom I serve or rely upon” and is a conventional expression in 狂言.