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ˈdreadness
[f. dread a. + -ness.]
1. Dreadfulness, awfulness. Now rare.
a1175Cott. Hom. 233 He us is..hlaford for þan be [h]is ȝeie and drednesse is ofer hus. a1225Juliana (Bodl. MS.) 69 For deaðes drednesse. a1300Cursor M. 7544 (Gött.) Qua þat fihtes in wrangwisness It helpis him noght, his dredness. 1868Nettleship Browning 242 The mystery and dreadness of the hidden power.
†2. Dread, terror, apprehension. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 11161 (Cott.) Haf na drednes. Ibid. 12837 (Cott.) For drednes ilk lim him quok. |