Etymology

adread

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Today it means: To dread, fear greatly. Full definition →

Middle English adreden ← Old English ādrǣdan ← Proto-West Germanic *andrādan
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adread · verb1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*andrādan
  2. Old English · inherited fromondrǣdan
  3. Old English · inherited fromādrǣdan
  4. Middle English · inherited fromadreden
  5. English todayadread

From Middle English adreden, from late Old English ādrǣdan, from earlier Old English ondrǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic *andrādan.

adread · adjective2

  1. Old English · derived fromondrǣdan
  2. Middle English · derived fromadreden
  3. Middle English · inherited fromadred
  4. English todayadread

From Middle English adred, adrad, past participle of Middle English adreden, from Old English ondrǣdan, equivalent to a- + dread. Compare also Middle English ofdradd (“afraid”), Old English ofdrǣdd (“terrified, afraid”).

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