† i-redy, a. Obs.
Forms: 2 ȝeredi, 3 i-readi, -redy, 3–4 i-redi, y-redy.
[ME.; see i-1, y-, and ready.]
= ready.
| a 1175 Cott. Hom. 239 Þer beoð anu ȝeredie þe wereȝede gastes þe hine uniredlice underfangeð. a 1225 Juliana 8 Wite þu hit wel ireadi..no lengre nulich hit heolen þe. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 3094 Vter & is compaynie yredy aȝen hom were. c 1300 Beket 766 Iredi ich am the deth to afonge. 1340 Ayenb. 173 Þe dyað þet is yredy, ond oueral aspiþ þane zeneȝere. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 354 Y am come her o semple knyȝt y-redy with þe to fiȝte. |