Middle English Dictionary Entry
arēdī adj. & adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | arēdī adj. & adv. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE ge-)rǣde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. redi.
1.
(a) Prepared, ready, in readiness; haven ~; maken ~; stonden ~; (b) already.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)7978 : Þilke nihtes a-redi were his cnihtes.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)17947 : Þat þou at þan moreliht maȝe be a-redi to þe fiht.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1796 : At douere were kniȝtes ȝare..al aredi him to quelle.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)78/2234 : So graunte ous þyne sacremens..þat we hys mote aredy haue, Lord, her at oure nede.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)121 : Þe pine of helle..is echedaye aredy and arise.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)4.192 : I am aredy..to reste with ȝow euere.
- (1447) Shillingford7 : The justyse seyde he wold be aredy at his callyng.
- (1459) Let.Sou.in Sou.RS 22 (Sou SC.2/9/2)20 : We will..make a redy all the money that we maye in all hast possible.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1460 : She wold..evir loure vndir hir hood, a redy for to snache.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)70/21 : Þe fore-seide vicari offred him-selfe a-redi to stonde to þe lawe.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)862 : Þey..bede hym make aredy hastyly A fayre chambere for here lady.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)58/1 : Have a-redy a pound of veltifronde.
b
- c1432 Bishop Notes in PMLA 49 (Cmb Dd.14.2)458 : Dame Katerine and þe Duches of Clarence..at þe churche were a redy.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.129 : Was non of þe rasskayle aredy full growe To bere ony breme heed, as a best aughte.