v. Obs. [f. FOR- pref.1 + DREAD v.] intr. To be in dread of.
c. 1200. Ormin, 147.
| & he [Zacariȝe] warrþ drefedd & forrdredd | |
| Off þatt he sahh þatt enngell. |
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 1557.
| Quan ysaac it under-nam … | |
| Wel selkuðlike he wurð for-dred. |
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 2087.
| & gracian þe emperour · at rome suþþe he slow | |
| Þat uor is ardy dedes · of him uor dradde ynou. |
a. 1310. in Wright’s, Lyric P., xxx. 88.
| Myn herte of dedes wes for-dred, | |
| Of synne that y have my fleish fed. |
