† anredadj.

Forms: Old English anhræd- (in derivatives, rare), Old English anrad- (inflected form, rare), Old English anræde, Old English anreddor (comparative), Old English anrode (plural, transmission error), Old English onræd- (in derivatives), Old English–early Middle English anræd, Old English (chiefly non-West Saxon)–early Middle English anred, late Old English–early Middle English andræd- (inflected form and in derivatives), early Middle English andred- (in derivatives), early Middle English anrad, early Middle English anrede, early Middle English onred- (in derivatives).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German einrāti alone (in making one's decisions), secret, and (with different stem formation) Old Icelandic einráðr self-willed, stubborn < the Germanic base of one adj. + the Germanic base of rede n.¹ Compare (with the cognate of -y suffix¹) Middle Dutch eenradich constant, resolute, stubborn, Middle Low German ēinrādich unanimous, Old High German einrātīg unanimous.The sense in quot. c1230 at sense 2 is somewhat disputed; it has often been supposed to show sense 1 but, contextually, sense 2 seems the more likely sense for all attestations of this compound in the manuscripts of the Ancrene Riwle, also in derivatives. Compare anredness n.

Obsolete.

1. Constant, steadfast, resolute.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]

fasteOE

stathelfasteOE

anredOE

hardOE

starkOE

trueOE

steadfast993

fastredeOE

stithc1000

findyOE

stablea1275

stathelyc1275

stiffc1275

stablec1290

steel to the (very) backa1300

unbowinga1300

stably13..

firm1377

unmovablea1382

constantc1386

abidingc1400

toughc1400

sure1421

unmoblea1425

unfaintedc1425

unfaint1436

permanent?a1475

stalwartc1480

unbroken1513

immovable1534

inconcuss1542

unshaken1548

stout1569

unwavering1570

undiscourageable1571

fixed1574

discourageable1576

unappalled1578

resolute1579

unremoved1583

resolved1585

unflexiblea1586

unshakeda1586

square1589

unstooping1597

iron1598

rocky1601

steady1602

undeclinable1610

unboweda1616

unfainting1615

unswayed1615

staunch1624

undiscourageda1628

staid1631

unshook1633

blue?1636

true blue?1636

tenacious1640

uncomplying1643

yieldless1651

riveting1658

unshakened1659

inconquerable1660

unyielding1677

unbendinga1688

tight1690

unswerving1694

unfaltering1727

unsubmitting1730

undeviating1732

undrooping1736

impervertible1741

undamped1742

undyingc1765

sturdy1775

stiff as a poker1798

unfickle1802

indivertible1821

thick and thin1822

undisheartened1827

inconvertible1829

straightforward1829

indomitable1830

stickfast1831

unsuccumbing1833

unturnable1847

unswerved1849

undivertible1856

unforsaking1862

swerveless1863

steeve1870

rock-ribbed1884

stiff in the back1897

OE Cynewulf Juliana 601 Wæs seo wuldres mæg anræd ond unforht, eafoða gemyndig, dryhtnes willan.

OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 303 He sceal..for gode lybban hys lif rihtlice & beon on earfoðnysse anræde [a1225 Lamb. anred] & eadmod on stilnysse.

c1175 ( Ælfric Homily: St. Vincent's Day (Cambr. Ii.1.33) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 102 Andweard [altered to ȝeandweard] þam arleasan mid anrædum ȝeleafan, þæt his wodnys swa wurðe tobrut.

2. Harmonious; in agreement.In quot. OE¹ translating Latin unum in sense ‘one and the same, having the same meaning throughout’ (of a dream).For the sense in quot. c1230 see the discussion in the etymology.

ΚΠ

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xli. 25 Þys swefn is anræde; God ætywde Pharaone hwæt he don wile.

OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity: Be Godes Þeowum (Junius) (1959) 169 Æfre hi sylfe beon heom geþwære and swiðe anræde for Gode and for worulde.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 117 Se treoweliche & se feste ilimet wið lim of anred [?c1225 Cleo. ancre, a1250 Titus anrad] luue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	anred
释义	† anredadj. Forms: Old English anhræd- (in derivatives, rare), Old English anrad- (inflected form, rare), Old English anræde, Old English anreddor (comparative), Old English anrode (plural, transmission error), Old English onræd- (in derivatives), Old English–early Middle English anræd, Old English (chiefly non-West Saxon)–early Middle English anred, late Old English–early Middle English andræd- (inflected form and in derivatives), early Middle English andred- (in derivatives), early Middle English anrad, early Middle English anrede, early Middle English onred- (in derivatives). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German einrāti alone (in making one's decisions), secret, and (with different stem formation) Old Icelandic einráðr self-willed, stubborn < the Germanic base of one adj. + the Germanic base of rede n.¹ Compare (with the cognate of -y suffix¹) Middle Dutch eenradich constant, resolute, stubborn, Middle Low German ēinrādich unanimous, Old High German einrātīg unanimous.The sense in quot. c1230 at sense 2 is somewhat disputed; it has often been supposed to show sense 1 but, contextually, sense 2 seems the more likely sense for all attestations of this compound in the manuscripts of the Ancrene Riwle, also in derivatives. Compare anredness n. Obsolete. 1. Constant, steadfast, resolute. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 OE Cynewulf Juliana 601 Wæs seo wuldres mæg anræd ond unforht, eafoða gemyndig, dryhtnes willan. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 303 He sceal..for gode lybban hys lif rihtlice & beon on earfoðnysse anræde [a1225 Lamb. anred] & eadmod on stilnysse. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily: St. Vincent's Day (Cambr. Ii.1.33) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 102 Andweard [altered to ȝeandweard] þam arleasan mid anrædum ȝeleafan, þæt his wodnys swa wurðe tobrut. 2. Harmonious; in agreement.In quot. OE¹ translating Latin unum in sense ‘one and the same, having the same meaning throughout’ (of a dream).For the sense in quot. c1230 see the discussion in the etymology. ΚΠ OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xli. 25 Þys swefn is anræde; God ætywde Pharaone hwæt he don wile. OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity: Be Godes Þeowum (Junius) (1959) 169 Æfre hi sylfe beon heom geþwære and swiðe anræde for Gode and for worulde. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 117 Se treoweliche & se feste ilimet wið lim of anred [?c1225 Cleo. ancre, a1250 Titus anrad] luue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.OE
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