adread

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈdɹɛd/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English adreden, from late Old English ādrǣdan, from earlier Old English ondrǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic *andrādan. ==== Verb ==== adread (third-person singular simple present adreads, present participle adreading, simple past and past participle adreaded) (transitive, obsolete) To dread, fear greatly. (intransitive or reflexive, obsolete) To fear, be afraid. === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Adjective ==== adread (archaic) Affected by or full of dread; fearful.