v. Obs. [OE. forrǽdan = OHG. for-, ferrâten (Ger. verrathen).] trans. To deceive, betray, seduce.
a. 1000. Wulfstan, Hom. (Napier), 160. Eadwerd man forrædde and syððan acwealde.
c. 1205. Lay., 14866.
| Þurh his dohter Rouwenne | |
| mine uader he uor-radde. |
a. 1225. Juliana, 18. Ne nullich leauen ower read þat forreadeð ou seoluen.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 2191.
| For ðo was Iosep sore for-dred | |
| Ðat he wore oc ðhurȝ hem for-red. |
a. 1300. Body & Soul, in Map’s Poems, 337. The world he toc to cumpaniȝe, that mani a soule haved for-rad.
