Middle English Dictionary Entry
rad(e adj.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rad(e adj.(1) Also (early) ræd, (early SWM) red; comp. (early) raddere, raddure, hrædra. |
| Etymology | OE hræd; ?cp. OF rade. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fast, quick, rapid; (b) hasty in action or speech, rash; ~ mod [OE hræd-mod], rash, angry; (c) ready; prepared (to do sth.), eager, willing; ~ to, ready for (sth.), eager.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)423 : Grucching & luring him boþ rade [rime: glade].
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)473 : To his moder he was wel rad, and a-boute þe necke hire nam.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1783 : Iacob was of weie rad [rime: sad].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)917 : The freike..raght to his Ryng in a rad haste.
b
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)105 : Wreððe hafð wununge on þes dusian bosme, þet is, þenne þe mon bið to redmod.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)617 : Get he was wis and nogt to rad; Gede he nogt ut til god him bad.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2730 : Ðu art of dede and o word to rad.
- a1350 In may hit murgeþ (Hrl 2253)16 : Heo beoþ to rad vpon huere red.
c
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)22/13 : Nim driȝe ferres scellan..gnid on wine & drince ȝelome; byþ he..þe ȝearra &..hrædra to [wifþinȝum].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6146 : Þer-fore wes þe king glad & þiderwærd wes swiþe ræd.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)738 : Ho boþ..to þe songe..þe raddere [Jes-O: raddure].
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1043 : Þe hule was wroþ to cheste rad.
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)84 : A smeorieles to greiþi þar-to he was ful rad [Trin-C: y-rade; rime: glad].
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2481 : Ðat bere is led, ðis folc is rad.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3617 : Ðo was ðis folc frigti and rad To don al ðat moyses hem bad.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1290 : The tormentours wer ful rade To do tha[t] the emperour bade.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)706 : His men were þen ful rade To do as þe Kyng hem bade.