v. Forms: 2–4 frede(n; also 1 ȝefrédan, 3–4 south. ivrede(n. [OE. (ȝe)frédan wk. vb., f. fród wise; = MDu. vroeden, OHG. fruotan.] trans. To be sensible of, feel, perceive; with direct obj. or with sentence as obj. Also refl.

1

c. 888.  K. Ælfred, Boeth., xli. § 4. Sio ȝefrednes hine mæȝ ȝegrapian & ȝefredan þæt hit lichoma biþ.

2

c. 1000.  Ælfric, Hom., I. 544. Hi swurdes ecȝe ne ȝefreddon.

3

c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Mark v. 29. Heo on hire ȝefredde [c. 1160, Hatton, fredde] ðæt heo of ðam wile ȝehæled wæs.

4

c. 1205.  Lay., 27138.

        Ah he herm iuredde:
his heȝe men he losede.

5

c. 1275.  Sinners Beware! 196, in O. E. Misc., 78.

        Bute we vs bi-rede
Þe gost hit schal ivrede.

6

c. 1315.  Shoreham, 22.

        Ther-fore ȝef that ȝe fredeth ȝou,
That he ne be nauȝt digne
For te be housled wyth thy body.

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c. 1320.  The Seuyn Sages (W.), 1513.

        And his wife lai warme abedde,
And solas of hire lemman fredde.

8

1393.  Gower, Conf., II. 374.

        Or elles if that I her fredde,
Whan I toward offring her ledde.

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