a. Obs. 1–3. Also 1 ánrǽd, 3 anrad. [f. OE. án one + rǽd counsel, purpose.] Having a single aim or object, constant, steadfast.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gen. xli. 25. Ðis swefen ys ánrǽde.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 115. He scal … beon on erfeðnesse anred and edmod on stilnesse.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 228. So treouliche and so ueste ilimed mid lim of anrad [v.r. ancre] luue.
