▪ I. adread, ppl. a.
(əˈdrɛd)
var. adrad ppl. a.1 arch.
| 1580, 1855 [see adrad ppl. a.1]. 1887 T. Martin tr. Schiller's Ring of Polycrates in Blackw. Mag. Nov. 684 Back drew the monarch, all a-dread. |
▪ II. † aˈdread, v.1 Obs.
Forms: inf. 1 andræd-an, on-dræd-an; 2–4 adred-en, adrede. pa. tense 1 ondreórd, ondréd, ondredde; 2 adred(e, 3 adredde, 4 adrad(de. pa. pple. 1 ondræden; 3–6 adrad.
[f. a- prefix 4 = and- against, towards + drædan to dread. Cf. OSax. and-, ant-, an-drâdan, OHG. intrâten. In OE. and- before initial d became an-, which, following the analogy of the prefix an-, became OE. on-, and ME. a-. See and- and an-.]
1. trans. To dread, to fear greatly.
| a 900 Beow. 3353 Þæt þu him on drædan ne þearft. c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xiv. 5 He ondreard þæt folc. c 975 Rushw. Gosp., ibid. Anddreord him þæt folc. c 1000 Ags. Gosp., ibid. He adred him þæt folc. c 1160 Hatton Gosp., ibid. He adrede him þæt folc. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 69 Þet we þene fend noht ne adreden. c 1399 Pol. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 6 The pes is sauf, the werre is ever adrad. |
2. intr.
| a 1075 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1013 Hi ondreddon þat he hi fordon wolde. 1205 Layamon 8744 Nu þu scalt adreden [l.t. adrede] for þine ær dæden. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 3146 Noþyng þay ne adradde. |
3. With refl. pron. (Orig. dat., with or without acc. of the thing.) To fear for oneself; to be afraid.
| a 1000 Cynewulf Elene 81 (Grein), Ne ondraed þu þé. a 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke ii. 9 Hi him mycelum eᵹe adrédon..Nelle ᵹe eow adrǽdan [MS. A. on-]. c 1160 Hatton Gosp., ibid. Hyo heom mycel eiᵹe adredden..Nelle ᵹe eow ondræden. c 1200 Moral Ode 124 in Trin. Coll. Hom. 223 He maiȝ him sore adrade. c 1300 Rel. Songs iv. Hwenne ich thenche of domes-dai ful sore ime adrede. c 1320 Sir Tristr. 288 Ganhardin seighe that sight, And sore him gan adrede. |
▪ III. † adread, v.2 Obs.
Also 5 adrede. pa. tense 6 adrad.
[:—earlier of-dread, OE. of-drædan.]
To make afraid, terrify. Cf. adrad ppl. a.
| c 1314 Guy Warw. 47 No was ther non in that ferrede That of his liif him might adrede. 1603 Harsnet Pop. Impost. 135 With these they adrad, and gasten, sencelesse old women. |
▪ IV. † aˈdread, adreid, adv., prop. phr. Sc. Obs.
[a prep.1 on, in + dread n.]
For fear, lest.
| 1501 Douglas Pal. Honour iii. lxv. (1787) 76 Zit studie nocht ouir mekill, adreid thow warie. |