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† ˈferdful Obs.
Forms: 4–5 ferdful(l, feerdful, (4 fertful), 5 ferdefull, ferdfulle.
[f. ferd n.2 + -ful.]
1. objectively. Inspiring fear; awsome, dreadful; = fearful 1.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 21 Who is þee liik in stalworþnes, Lord?..feerdful and preisable and doinge wondris? 1388― Dan. ii. 31 The loking therof [the ymage] was ferdful. 1414Brampton Penit. Ps. xl. (Percy Soc.) 16 Lord!.. Thi ferdefull face whan I schal se. 1488Caxton Chast. Goddes Chyld. 89 It was..ferdfull to Peter for to be wyth cryst in his cruel persecucyon.
2. subjectively. Full of fear; timorous. Also, Cautious through fear (of offending); wary. Cf. fearful 3.
1382Wyclif Prov. xxviii. 14 Blisful the man that euer⁓more is ferdful. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxxvi. (1495) 151 The man is beraft boldenes and hardenes and is fertful. 14..Hoccleve Ad beatam Virginem 47 Hir ferdful shame, hir shende wole. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon ix. 249 Now shew ye well that ye be ferdfull. a1502in Arnolde Chron. (1811) 264, I knowe myself so ferdful for defaute of comyng.
Hence ˈferdfulness = fearfulness.
1388Wyclif Ezek. xxxii. 23 Alle..fallynge doun bi swerd, whiche ȝauen sum tyme her ferdfulnesse in the lond of lyuinge men. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. i. (1495) 296 The worlde is place..of ferdfulnes and of shame. 14..Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 143 [The fiend] caste hir downe in to dispayre by ferdefulnesse. |