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▪ I. adread, ppl. a.|əˈdrɛd|
var. adrad ppl. a.1 arch.
1580,1855[see adrad ppl. a.1]. 1887T. Martin tr. Schiller's Ring of Polycrates in Blackw. Mag. Nov. 684 Back drew the monarch, all a-dread.
▪ II. † aˈdread, v.1 Obs.
Forms: inf. 1 andræd-an, on-dræd-an; 2–4 adred-en, adrede. pa. tense 1 ondreórd, ondréd, ondredde; 2 adred(e, 3 adredde, 4 adrad(de. pa. pple. 1 ondræden; 3–6 adrad.
[f. a- prefix 4 = and- against, towards + drædan to dread. Cf. OSax. and-, ant-, an-drâdan, OHG. intrâten. In OE. and- before initial d became an-, which, following the analogy of the prefix an-, became OE. on-, and ME. a-. See and- and an-.]
1. trans. To dread, to fear greatly.
a900Beow. 3353 Þæt þu him on drædan ne þearft. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xiv. 5 He ondreard þæt folc. c975Rushw. Gosp., ibid. Anddreord him þæt folc. c1000Ags. Gosp., ibid. He adred him þæt folc. c1160Hatton Gosp., ibid. He adrede him þæt folc. c1175Lamb. Hom. 69 Þet we þene fend noht ne adreden. c1399Pol. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 6 The pes is sauf, the werre is ever adrad.
2. intr.
a1075O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1013 Hi ondreddon þat he hi fordon wolde. 1205Layamon 8744 Nu þu scalt adreden [l.t. adrede] for þine ær dæden. c1380Sir Ferumb. 3146 Noþyng þay ne adradde.
3. With refl. pron. (Orig. dat., with or without acc. of the thing.) To fear for oneself; to be afraid.
a1000Cynewulf Elene 81 (Grein), Ne ondraed þu þé. a1000Ags. Gosp. Luke ii. 9 Hi him mycelum eᵹe adrédon..Nelle ᵹe eow adrǽdan [MS. A. on-]. c1160Hatton Gosp., ibid. Hyo heom mycel eiᵹe adredden..Nelle ᵹe eow ondræden. c1200Moral Ode 124 in Trin. Coll. Hom. 223 He maiȝ him sore adrade. c1300Rel. Songs iv. Hwenne ich thenche of domes-dai ful sore ime adrede. c1320Sir Tristr. 288 Ganhardin seighe that sight, And sore him gan adrede.
▪ III. † adread, v.2 Obs.
Also 5 adrede. pa. tense 6 adrad.
[:—earlier of-dread, OE. of-drædan.]
To make afraid, terrify. Cf. adrad ppl. a.
c1314Guy Warw. 47 No was ther non in that ferrede That of his liif him might adrede. 1603Harsnet Pop. Impost. 135 With these they adrad, and gasten, sencelesse old women.
▪ IV. † aˈdread, adreid, adv., prop. phr. Sc. Obs.
[a prep.1 on, in + dread n.]
For fear, lest.
1501Douglas Pal. Honour iii. lxv. (1787) 76 Zit studie nocht ouir mekill, adreid thow warie. |