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feared, ppl. a.|fɪəd|
Forms: 3–6 fer(e)d, (3 ferid, 5 fard, feerd, 6 Sc. feired, ferit), 4–6 ferde, 5–7 feard, (4, 6 comp. and superl. fearder, -est), 8– dial. feart, 6– feared.
[f. fear v. + -ed1.]
†1. Affected with fear, frightened, afraid; timid. Const. of, for, indicating either the cause of fear, or less frequently (= about) the object of concern; with inf. = afraid to (do something). Obs. exc. dial.
a1300Cursor M. 1834 (Gött.) [Þai] war nohut fered of his manace. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1998 Of þeym boþe was he nought ferd. c1340Cursor M. 2423 (Fairf.) Þe kinge was ferde for goddis grame. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 394 Puple wolde be ferde to dwelle in his servise. c1386Chaucer Nun's Pr. T. 566 The veray hogges So fered were for berking of the dogges. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 2566 Whoso es ferd i rede he fle. c1400Destr. Troy 13842 The..kyng [was] of his lyf feerd. c1449Pecock Repr. 550 So..Ferd forto trespace. c1450Lonelich Grail lv. 450 The swerd, Of whiche many men was aftyr ferd. 14..Chester Pl. (1847) II. 91 Fearder I never was. 1534More On the Passion Wks. 1322/1 That passyon..of which he was so ferd. 1578Ps. cxxviii. in Gude & G. Ball. 113 Of thy hand labour thow sall eit, be not feird. a1605Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 788 Feard flyar..I sall dunt whill I slay thee. 1650Baxter Saints' R. iii. xiii. (1662) 506 Conscience grows feared. 1698Lister in Phil. Trans. XX. 247 They..would have cropen away in a feared manner. 1715Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 67 A few such feared fools, as I am reckoned hereabout. 1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr. ix. (1873) 84 What are they fear'd on? 1816Scott Antiq. xxxix, ‘I'm maist fear'd to speak to him.’ 1828Hood Lamia iii. 40 Jove! I was feared. 1869C. Gibbon R. Gray iii, ‘You'll no be feart to sail on a Friday.’ 1891E. Arnold Lt. of World 82 Thyself More feared of Cæsar than of wrongfulness.
†2. Apprehensive, having an uneasy foreboding. Chiefly with clause introduced by lest or that; rarely const. to with inf. Obs. exc. dial.
1440Plumpton Corr. 155 He is feard lest they wyll not appeare without a suppena. c1450Merlin 27 He was ferde to lese his londe. c1460Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 116, I am fulle fard that we tary to lang. a1535More Sargeant & Frere 233 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 127 Yet was this man well fearder than, lest he the frier had slaine. 1884J. Purves in Gd. Words Nov. 767/1 ‘Wives are feared a man gets another sweetheart in six months' time away fra' hame.’
3. In senses of fear v. 5 and 7: Regarded with fear; anticipated or suspected with uneasiness; † apprehensively supposed to be such.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 74 Their professed and feared Enemies. a1618Raleigh Prerog. Parl. Ep. Ded. (1628) 2 The fear'd continuance of the like abuse. 1663J. Spencer Prodigies (1665) 83 Addresses to divert a feared..displeasure of the Deity. 1719Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 451 The feared stand the success of the gospel is at. 1762Falconer Shipwr. ii. 380 Pondering in their minds each fear'd event. 1890Daily News 8 Sept. 6/7 Feared loss of a Liverpool ship.
Hence † ˈfearedly adv., fearfully, timidly.
c1470Henry Wallace vii. 255 Ferdly scho ast, ‘Allace! quhar is Wallace?’ |
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