- adread
- , v. n. == fear, be in dread. O. and N. 1264—— adj. == in fear. Rel. S. iv. 2. part. ‘adrad.’ 44 B.
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Adread — A*dread , v. t. & i. [AS. andr[ae]dan, ondr[ae]; pref. a (for and against) + dr[ae]den to dread. See {Dread}.] To dread. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adread — /ə dredˈ/ (obsolete) transitive verb (pat adradˈ (Spenser)) To fear ORIGIN: OE ondrǣdan, from pfx on , and against, and drǣdan to dread … Useful english dictionary
Adrad — A*drad , p. a. [P. p. of adread.] Put in dread; afraid. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dread — [12] Old English had the verb ondrǣdan ‘fear’. Its first syllable is generally taken to be the prefix *and ‘against’, which is related to German ent ‘away, un ’ and Greek anti (source of English anti ) and appears also in English answer. The… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
dread — [12] Old English had the verb ondrǣdan ‘fear’. Its first syllable is generally taken to be the prefix *and ‘against’, which is related to German ent ‘away, un ’ and Greek anti (source of English anti ) and appears also in English answer. The… … Word origins
