A-rǽd

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-réd, es;

a-rǽd

m. [a intensive, rǽd counsel] Counsel, welfare, safety; consilium, commodum, salus :-- Smeágende ymbe heora sáwla arǽd [aréd, MS. B; rǽd, MS. D] considering about their souls' welfare, L. Edm. E. pref; Th. i. 244, 6. a-ræd