dred
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editA back-formation from dreden.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdred (plural dredes)
- Fear, dread; the state of being frightened:
- Anxiousness; the state of being anxious.
- (rare) Fearfulness; the state of tending to fear.
- Awe, veneration; fearful respect.
- Danger or jeopardy; something causing danger.
- (with a negative) Lack of certainty; doubt.
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “drēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editVerb
editdred
- Alternative form of dreden
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English dread(lock), from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdred m inan
- (chiefly in the plural) dread (hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)
Declension
editDeclension of dred
Further reading
editVolapük
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdred (nominative plural dreds)
Declension
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