dread

• n.恐怖；恐ろしい人（または物）
• vi. 恐れる；心配する
• vt.恐れる；心配する
• adj.恐ろしい

古英語のondraedan、戒め、あきらめるようにという忠告、ond-、相対的、反対、語源的にはantiと同じ、-raedan、忠告、議論、語源的にはreasonと同じ、読む、すなわち、思いとどまらせる、恐怖の結果、ひいては恐れ、恐怖。

dread

dread: [12] Old English had the verb ondr?dan ‘fear’. Its first syllable is generally taken to be the prefix *and- ‘against’, which is related to German ent- ‘away, un-’ and Greek anti- (source of English anti-) and appears also in English answer. The second part, however, remains a mystery. There are one or two related forms in other West Germanic languages, such as Old High German intrātan, but where they come from has never been established satisfactorily. By the end of the Old English period this obsolete prefix had shrunk to a- (adread survived until around 1400), and in the 12th century it started to disappear altogether.

dread (v.)

late 12c., a shortening of Old English adr?dan, contraction of ondr?dan "counsel or advise against," also "to dread, fear, be afraid," from on- "against" + r?dan "to advise" (see read (v.)). Cognate of Old Saxon andradon, Old High German intraten. Related: Dreaded; dreading. As a noun from 12c.

1. I dread to think what our telephone bill is going to be.

私たちの電話代がどれだけかかるか想像できません。

2.I 've got to go home,but Lord knows I dread it.

私は家に帰らなければなりませんが、個人的には帰るのが怖いことを知っています。

3.The old dread knotted her stomach.

昔の恐ろしい経験に彼女の心は締めつけられた。

4.We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.

会社が閉まったらどうすればいいのか考えられない。

5.Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread .

彼女の極度の恐怖心が解消された。