Middle English Dictionary Entry
drēding ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | drēding ger. Also drædung. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fear, fright; (b) awe; ~ of god, the fear of God; (c) fear of a king, respect.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1333) Herebert Herodes (Add 46919)1 : Herodes, þou wykked fo, whar-of ys þy dredinge?
- c1390 Psalt.Mariae(1) (Vrn)711 : Mak þat þei haue no dredyng Whon Iuge schal come verray.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5219 : So that the ton dar all his thought Seyn to his freend..without dredyng To be discovered by wreying.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5602 : To drædenn Drihhtin rihht I þohht, i word, i dede; Þiss drædunng iss þatt rodetreo Þatt Crist himm selff spacc offe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5612 : Rihht drædunng off Godd..swa þatt tu Ne darrst hohht Drihhtin wraþþenn.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)110.9 : Þe beginnyng of wisdome is dredyng of our Lord [L timor Domini].
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7185 : Swa þehh iss ned tatt he Dredinng & aȝhe sette On alle þa þatt lufenn..woh.