▪ I. † i-rad, a. Obs.
[OE. ᵹerád = MHG. gereit, Goth. garaids appointed:—OTeut. *garaiđo-z, f. *ga- (i-1, y-) + raiđ- to prepare, make ready. Cf. i-rede.]
Prepared, made ready; instructed, learned, expert.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. x, Sio is swiðe wel ᵹerad & swiðe ᵹemetfæst. c 1000 Guthlac Prol., Ic him rumne weᵹ and ᵹeradne tæhte. c 1205 Lay. 24990 To moni feohte ich habbe eou ilad, and æuere ȝet [c 1275 ȝe] weoren wel irad. |
▪ II. i-rad, -radde, -ræd
ME. pa. pple. of read v.