Infinitive
dreden; to dreden; drede
Participles
| Present | dredynge; dredende |
| Past | dred; drad; dreded; ydred; ydrad; ydreded |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | drede |
| 2nd sing. | dredest |
| 3rd sing. | dredeth; dret |
| 1st plur. | dreden; drede; dredeth |
| 2nd plur. | dreden; drede; dredeth |
| 3rd plur. | dreden; drede; dredeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | dredde; dradde; dreded; dredede |
| 2nd sing. | dreddest; draddest; drededest |
| 3rd sing. | dredde; dradde; dreded; dredede |
| 1st plur. | dredden; dredde; dradden; dradde; drededen; dreded; dredede |
| 2nd plur. | dredden; dredde; dradden; dradde; drededen; dreded; dredede |
| 3rd plur. | dredden; dredde; dradden; dradde; drededen; dreded; dredede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | drede |
| 2nd sing. | drede |
| 3rd sing. | drede |
Past
| 1st sing. | dredde; dradde; dreded; dredede |
| 2nd sing. | dredde; dradde; dreded; dredede |
| 3rd sing. | dredde; dradde; dreded; dredede |
Imperative
| Singular | drede |
| Plural | dredeth; drede |
Verbs conjugated like dreden
dreden,
Etymology
From Old English drǣdan, late aphetic variant of ondrǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic *andarādan. Compare adreden and reden.
Verbs referencing "dreden"
English
dread.
Sample Sentences
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his fadir ⁊ modir ſeiden þese þingis .· foꝛ þei dꝛedden þe iewis / foꝛ þanne þe iewis hadden conſpirid · þat if ony man knoulechide hym criſt .· he ſchulde be doon out of þe ſynagoge (His parents said those things because they were scared of the Jews, as the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged (Jesus) as Messiah, they would be expelled from the synagogue.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 9:22, folio 50, recto, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
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⁊ whanne I hadde ſeyn hym .· I felde doun at his feet as deed / ⁊ he puttide his riȝthond on me .· ⁊ ſeide / nyle þou dꝛede I am þe firſte ⁊ þe laſte[…] (And when I saw him, I fell down at his feet like I was dead. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid; I am the first and the last […]) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:17, folio 117, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
Cognates
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