dred

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from dreden.

Alternative forms

• drede
• (rare) dret, dride

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɛːd/, /drɛd/, /-ə/

Noun

dred (plural dredes)

1. Fear, dread; the state of being frightened:
   1. Anxiousness; the state of being anxious.
   2. (rare) Fearfulness; the state of tending to fear.
2. Awe, veneration; fearful respect.
3. Danger or jeopardy; something causing danger.
4. (with a negative) Lack of certainty; doubt.

Related terms

• dreden
• dredful
• dredfully
• dredfulnesse
• dredles
• drednesse
• dredy

 

Descendants

• English: dread
• Scots: dreid, dreed

References

• “drēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

dred

1. Alternative form of dreden

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dread(lock), from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: dred

Noun

dred m inan

1. (chiefly in the plural) dread (hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)

Declension

Declension of dred

	singular	plural
nominative	dred	dredy
genitive	dreda	dredów
dative	dredowi	dredom
accusative	dred	dredy
instrumental	dredem	dredami
locative	dredzie	dredach
vocative	dredzie	dredy

Further reading

• dred in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dred in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from English dread.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dred/

Noun

dred (nominative plural dreds)

1. fear, fright

Declension

declension of dred

	singular	plural
nominative	dred	dreds
genitive	dreda	dredas
dative	drede	dredes
accusative	dredi	dredis
vocative 1	o dred!	o dreds!
predicative 2	dredu	dredus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only