† ydredadj.
(also ydreddyd, ydrad, ydraded), past participle of dread v.
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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 104 He ys ald and yknawe and ydred and yworþssiped and yloued.
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 137 Wyrchippyd, ylowid, and ydreddyd.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. iv. 55 Abuf the hevin ydred and starrit sky.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A3 Yet nothing did he dread, but euer was ydrad.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 12 Euery one shakes his ydraded speare.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F3v Mans awfull majesty of every beast ydred.
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