Obs. Also 5 aredynes, 6–7 aredines(se, 7 arredi-. [f. next + -NESS.] Readiness, preparedness.
a. 1500. Hen. VII., in Ellis, Orig. Lett., I. ii. I. 20. In aredynes to resiste her malice.
1548. Procl., in Strype, Eccl. Mem., II. I. xii. 97. To have in ful areadiness … two good and hable horses.
1620. Earl Hertf., in Fortesc. Papers, 141. My arredinesse to serve your Majesties most vertuous daughter.
