Of-drǽd[d]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Of-drǽd[d]

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 of-drǽd[d]

terrified, afraid :-- Ic férde ofdrǽd timens abii, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 25. Befrán se sceaþa hwæt hé manna wǽre, oððe wǽre ofdrǽd, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 28. Hé ofdrǽdd wæs for his morþdǽdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 38. Hié beóþ mid ðæm ymbeþonce ofdrǽdde, Past. 35, 2; Swt. 238, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 300. [Laym. A. R. (swiþe, sore) of-dred: Orm. off-dredd: O. and N. of-drad.] of-drædd

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ᚩᚠ-ᛞᚱǽᛞ[ᛞ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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