anræd
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *ainarēdaz. Equivalent to ān (“one”) + rǣd (“counsel”). Cognate with Old High German einrāti and Old Norse einráðr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ānrǣd (superlative ānrǣdest)
- one-minded, unanimous, agreed
- persevering, resolute
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Iob, sē ēadiġa and sē ānrǣda godes þeġn, wæs swa fulfremed on eallum gōdnyssum þæt god sylf cwæþ bē him þæt his ġelīċa nǣre þā on þām līfe ofer eorþan.
- Job, the prosperous and unwavering servant of god, was so perfect in all his good deeds that God Himself said that there was no one like him living on Earth.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- prompt, vehement
Declension
[edit]Declension of ānrǣd — Strong
Declension of ānrǣd — Weak
Derived terms
[edit]- ānrǣdlīċ (“unhesitating, decided”)
- ānrǣdlīċe (“unanimously, resolutely, constantly”)
- ānrǣdnes (“unanimity, concord, agreement, constancy, steadfastness, diligence, earnestness”)
Related terms
[edit]- twirǣde (“uncertain, undecided, irresolute”)
Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: ānrēd
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ānrǣd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.