† forˈdread, v. Obs.
[f. for- prefix1 + dread v.]
intr. To be in dread of.
| c 1200 Ormin 147 [Zacariȝe] warrþ drefedd & forrdredd Off þatt he sahh þatt enngell. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1557 Quan ysaac it under-nam..Wel selkuðlike he wurð for-dred. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 2088 Gracian þe emperour..of him uor dradde ynou. a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. 88 Myn herte of dedes wes for-dred. |