单词 | adread |
释义 | adreadadj. Now rare (archaic and poetic in later use). In predicative use. Frightened, terrified, in dread; greatly afraid of (also at, to do) something. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > [adjective] affrightOE ofgrisea1200 adreadc1225 ofgasta1300 aghastc1300 dreadc1300 dreadfula1325 dreadya1325 forfrighteda1325 frightfula1325 gasta1382 dareda1400 aghasteda1425 mazed1493 awfula1522 agazed1557 flaited1565 terrifiedc1586 gastereda1644 scarified1895 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) l. 622 We weren adredde [Bodl. adrede] of his rixlunge. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 5463 A-dræd [c1300 adrad] he wes swiðe of his ahȝene liue. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 70 (MED) Þis crokede caynard, sore he is adred. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 781 (MED) Y am sore adred to remuwe þe of þys place. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 187 (MED) He wolde ben adrad for to beholde it. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) l. 1275 I am adrad god is nat in þis place. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Rivv He nothyng helde hymself adradde of drunken Marke Anthony. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. viii. sig. S7v Thinking to make all men adread. 1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. B6v Be not adread your councell me to shew. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 174 Yet she, poore soule, was sore adread Into the horrid cell to yed. 1789 Poem Sir. J. Eland 67 in W. Bentley Hist. Town & Parish Halifax Lockwood was adread the town should rise indeed. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 390 Her sister heard it breathless, and, adread. 1870 E. Magnússon & W. Morris Story of Volsungs xviii. 60 He snorted forth venom..but Sigurd neither trembled nor was adrad at the roaring of him. 1948 E. Birney Strait Anian 4 Topple in maelstrom... Adread in that mere we drift to map's end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † adreadv.1α. early Old English ondreðað (Mercian, plural indicative, transmission error), Old English andrædan, Old English andredan (rare), Old English ondrædan, Old English ondræddendra (present participle, genitive plural), Old English ondræt (imperative singular, before personal pronoun), Old English ondrætst (2nd singular indicative), Old English ondrędan, Old English ondredan (chiefly non-West Saxon), Old English ondreddende (Mercian, present participle), late Old English ondrest (2nd singular indicative), late Old English ondriedan (Kentish), early Middle English ondræde, early Middle English ondræede, early Middle English ondrede; also 3rd singular indicative early Old English andræt, early Old English ondrædt, Old English ondræd, Old English ondræt, Old English ondrætt, Old English ondret, Old English ondręt. β. Old English adrædan, late Old English adræt (3rd singular indicative), late Old English adredan, early Middle English adrade (Essex), early Middle English adræde, Middle English adrede, late Middle English adred, 1500s addread, 1500s adread. 2. Past tense. a. Strong.α. Old English ondreard (Northumbrian), Old English ondreord (Anglian). β. Old English andræd (rare), Old English andred, Old English ondræd, Old English ondred, Old English ondret, late Old English ondriet (Kentish). γ. Old English adræd (rare), Old English–early Middle English adred, early Middle English addred, early Middle English adrendon (plural, transmission error). b. Weak.α. Old English ondrædde, Old English–early Middle English ondredde, late Old English ondrędde, early Middle English andredde. β. early Middle English adrede (perhaps transmission error), Middle English adradde (south-western), Middle English adredde, late Middle English adred. 3. Past participle. a. Strong Old English ondræden. b. Weak.α. Old English ondræd, Old English ondrædd, Old English ondræded, Old English ondrædod. β. Middle English adredde, Middle English–1500s adrad. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To dread; to fear (someone or something) greatly. Frequently with clause as object.In Old English frequently with reflexive dative and with object in the accusative or the genitive (cf. quots. OE2, OE3); cf. also quot. a1350. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > dread or fear greatly [verb] adreadOE OE Beowulf (2008) 1674 Þæt þu him ondrædan ne þearft..on þa healfe, aldorbealu eorlum. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 364 Þa cwæð Cecilia sona mid gebylde, gif þis lif wære ana, and oþer nære selre, þonne mihte we ondrædan us deaðes rihtlice. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 5 He adred [OE Lindisf. ondreard, OE Rushw. &dreord, c1200 Hatton adrede; L. timuit] him þæt folc. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1013 Hi ondredon þæt he hi fordon wolde. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 55 (MED) Ðese michele mildce he kedde..to alle ðo mannen ðe him ondradeð..hie michele hope to godes milce hauen, alle ðe him ondreadeð and for his eiȝhe alle unrihtwisnesse forlateð. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Egerton) l. 124 in J. Zupitza & J. Schipper Alt- u. Mitteleng. Übungsbuch (1904) 84 He mei sare a dreden [a1200 Trin. Cambr. adrade] þet he ne muȝe ðenne bidde are. a1350 (?c1225) King Horn (Harl.) (1901) l. 297 (MED) Sore me adrede þat hue wole horn mys rede. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3146 (MED) Noþyng þay ne adradde. c1400 J. Gower Eng. Wks. (1901) II. 484 The pes is sauf, the werre is euer adrad. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 841 (MED) Kynge Edgar was so mechel adredde Of all men þat dweltone hym aboute. 1571 E. Grant tr. Plutarch President for Parentes sig. F.ij. Sluggishe seruauntes hardened in idlenesse adread stripes. 1593 G. Harvey New Let. Notable Contents sig. D3 The Earth addreading to be ouerwhurld, ‘What now auailes,’ quoth She, ‘my ballanceweight?’ b. transitive (reflexive). To fret or worry oneself; to be afraid.In Old English with reflexive dative. ΚΠ OE Cynewulf Elene 81 Ne ondræd þu ðe, ðeah þe elþeodige egesan hwopan, heardre hilde. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 9 Hi him mycelum ege adredon [OE Cambr. Univ. Libr. ondredon, c1200 Hatton adredden]. & se engel him to cwæð: nelle ge eow adrædan [OE Cambr. Univ. Libr. ondrædan, c1200 Hatton ondræden]. c1175 ( Homily in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 108 Arisæð & ne ondredæþ eow. a1200 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Trin. Cambr.) l. 124 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 223 (MED) Se man þe nafre nele don god..maiȝ him sore adrade. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 56 (MED) Ful sorre y me adrede. a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 1 Hwanne ich me biþenche, wel sore ich me a-drede. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2945 (MED) Ganhardin seiȝe þat siȝt, And sore him gan adrede. 2. intransitive. To be afraid or in dread. Cf. adread adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > be afraid or fear [verb (intransitive)] adreadeOE affrightOE frightc1000 agastc1300 offrightc1300 scarec1400 resoignc1500 fray1535 feara1593 fley1768 eOE Royal Psalter li. 8 Uidebunt iusti et timebunt : geseoð ryhtwise & adrædaþ. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) viii. 25 Þa adredon [OE Lindisf. geeondredes, c1200 Hatton andreddon] hig & wundredon & betwux him cwædon: Wenst þu hwæt is þes þæt he bebyt ge windum ge sæ & hig him hyrsumiað. OE Stowe Psalter xxvi. 3 Si consistant aduersum me castra, non timebit cor meum : gyf standað togeanes me weredu na ondrædeþ heorte min. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 193 Ðane no man us ne wereð..ne god nele, ich adrade, bute we him þe gernere bidden. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4361 Nu þu scalt adreden [c1300 adrede] for þine ær-dæden. c1330 Roland & Vernagu (Auch.) (1882) l. 484 (MED) Of him men miȝt adrede. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 97 (MED) I adred for drede ill lufars departis. a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 7815 (MED) When he as robbur comen was..adred deueles in that place and askeden vchone, what was he. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † adreadv.2 Obsolete. transitive. To make afraid, terrify. Cf. ofdread v., adread adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > terrify [verb (transitive)] afearOE affrightOE breec1000 offrightlOE agastc1225 offearc1225 dreadc1250 agrisec1275 begallowc1320 ashunchc1325 adreadc1330 affrayc1330 fleya1400 grise1513 terrify1536 fray-bug1551 thunderbolta1586 fear-blast1593 gaster1593 hazen1593 terrorc1595 affrighten1615 ter-terrifya1618 flaite1642 pavefy1656 repall1687 hobgoblin1707 scarify1794 to scare the daylights out of1951 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 1406 (MED) No was þer non in þat ferrede Þat of his liif him miȝt adrede. 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 135 With these they adrad, and gasten, sencelesse old women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † adreadconj. Scottish. Obsolete. For fear, lest. ΚΠ ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) l. 1871 in Shorter Poems (2003) 116 Ȝit study not ouir mekil a dreid thow vary. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 16215 So he baid lang.., Adred he war accusit of sic cryme. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1225v.1eOEv.2c1330conj.?1553 |
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