aræd
Old English
Etymology
From ā- + rǣde. Compare oftræde, twirǣde, wiþerrǣde, unfæstrǣd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːˌræːd/
Adjective
ārǣd
- determined, resolute, stalwart
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde
hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ,
wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful,
through a sea-way he should for long
stir the frost-cold sea with hands,
travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.
- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Declension
Declension of ārǣd — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ārǣd | ārǣd | ārǣd |
| Accusative | ārǣdne | ārǣde | ārǣd |
| Genitive | ārǣdes | ārǣdre | ārǣdes |
| Dative | ārǣdum | ārǣdre | ārǣdum |
| Instrumental | ārǣde | ārǣdre | ārǣde |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | ārǣde | ārǣda, ārǣde | ārǣd |
| Accusative | ārǣde | ārǣda, ārǣde | ārǣd |
| Genitive | ārǣdra | ārǣdra | ārǣdra |
| Dative | ārǣdum | ārǣdum | ārǣdum |
| Instrumental | ārǣdum | ārǣdum | ārǣdum |
Declension of ārǣd — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ārǣda | ārǣde | ārǣde |
| Accusative | ārǣdan | ārǣdan | ārǣde |
| Genitive | ārǣdan | ārǣdan | ārǣdan |
| Dative | ārǣdan | ārǣdan | ārǣdan |
| Instrumental | ārǣdan | ārǣdan | ārǣdan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | ārǣdan | ārǣdan | ārǣdan |
| Accusative | ārǣdan | ārǣdan | ārǣdan |
| Genitive | ārǣdra, ārǣdena | ārǣdra, ārǣdena | ārǣdra, ārǣdena |
| Dative | ārǣdum | ārǣdum | ārǣdum |
| Instrumental | ārǣdum | ārǣdum | ārǣdum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ārǣd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.