Obs.; also 5 adrede. Pa. t. 6 adrad. [:—earlier OF-DREAD, OE. of-drædan.] To make afraid, terrify. Cf. ADRAD ppl. a.
c. 1314. Guy Warw., 47. No was ther non in that ferrede That of his liif him might adrede.
1603. Harsnet, Pop. Impost., 135. With these they adrad, and gasten, sencelesse old women.
