dred

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from dreden.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /drɛːd/, /drɛd/, /-ə/

Noun

dred (plural dredes)

  1. Fear, dread; the state of being frightened:
    1. Anxiousness; the state of being anxious.
    2. (rare) Fearfulness; the state of tending to fear.
  2. Awe, veneration; fearful respect.
  3. Danger or jeopardy; something causing danger.
  4. (with a negative) Lack of certainty; doubt.
Descendants
  • English: dread
  • Scots: dreid, dreed
References

Verb

dred

  1. Alternative form of dreden

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dread(lock), from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /drɛt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Syllabification: dred

Noun

dred m inan

  1. (chiefly in the plural) dread (hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)

Declension
Declension of dred
singular plural
nominative dred dredy
genitive dreda dredów
dative dredowi dredom
accusative dred dredy
instrumental dredem dredami
locative dredzie dredach
vocative dredzie dredy

Further reading
  • dred in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dred in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from English dread.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dred/

Noun

dred (nominative plural dreds)

  1. fear, fright

Declension
declension of dred
singular plural
nominative dred dreds
genitive dreda dredas
dative drede dredes
accusative dredi dredis
vocative 1 o dred! o dreds!
predicative 2 dredu dredus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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