ondrædan

Old English

Etymology

From West Germanic *andarādan. Cognate with Old Frisian ondrēda, Old Saxon andrādan, Old Dutch andrādan, Old High German intrātan. Etymologically equivalent to on- +‎ rǣdan, but reanalyzed as *on-drǣdan rather than *ond-rǣdan during the prehistory of Old English.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /onˈdræː.dɑn/

Verb

ondrǣdan

  1. to be scared (+accusative or genitive of something) (often with a dative reflexive pronoun)
    Ondrǣtst þū þē þīestra?
    Are you afraid of the dark?

Conjugation
Conjugation of ondrǣdan (strong class 7)
infinitive ondrǣdan ondrǣdenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular ondrǣde ondrēd, ondreord, ondrǣdde
2nd-person singular ondrǣtst, ondrǣdest ondrēde, ondreorde, ondrǣddest
3rd-person singular ondrǣtt, ondrǣt, ondrǣdeþ ondrēd, ondreord, ondrǣdde
plural ondrǣdaþ ondrēdon, ondreordon, ondrǣddon
subjunctive present past
singular ondrǣde ondrēde, ondreorde, ondrǣdde
plural ondrǣden ondrēden, ondreorden, ondrǣdden
imperative
singular ondrǣd
plural ondrǣdaþ
participle present past
ondrǣdende ondrǣden, ondrǣded

Descendants
  • Middle English: adreden, dreden
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