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Rad, adj. Also: radd. [ME (chiefly north.) radd (Orm), rad (Cursor M.), ON hrǽddr, whence also Red adj..Also in the later and mod. Sc. dial. as rad, red(d and (with long vowel) rede.]

Scared or afraid (to (till) do something, also that something may (may not) happen); fearful or apprehensive (of (for) a person, a particular consequence, etc., or for a thing or person that may suffer harm).Also without const.See also Red adj.(1) 1375 Barb. xiv 439.
Thai … wes rad, That thai no hert till help thame had a1400 Leg. S. ii 300.
He wex sone abaysit and rad Ib. xxix 544.
That disesit the emperoure … & al the Romanis mad rad Ib. xxxvii 327. ?1438 Alex. ii 9884.
[His] outraious smartnes … Gart armit men quaik and be rad c1420 Wynt. iii 859.
The Perseys war sa rad … That thai dowtyd all to de c1420 Wynt. iii 879 (W).
Rad [R., C. rade] 1456 Hay II 157/16.
Sum man is … rad and coward as a hare c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 9096.
For he saw he was sa few menȝe He was nocht rad a1500 Henr. Fab. 2582.
By the Rude sa rad ȝit wes I neuer, As thow hes maid me c1475 Wall. vii 526.
Cast we doun all, we mycht be demyt our rad [1570 bad] 1494 Loutfut MS 18a.
The hair is … nymmyll of fut … and is rad in battell 1513 Doug. ii ii 18.
That drery onarmyt wyght was stad, And with eyn blent about, semyng ful rad [Sm. red : sted, Ruddim. raed : sted] Ib. xii xii 182. 1533 Boece 153b.
Vtheris rad or affrayit be noyis of the range … ar skarrit a1538 Abell 70a. a1568 Bann. MS 44b/51.
Be not our rad for no dreddure a1605 Montg. Devot. P. vi 25.
That register may mak thee rad, Reveiling both thy good and evill(2) 1375 Barb. xii 431.
Thai war rad till byd fichting c1450-2 Howlat 94 (A).
I am richt rad For to behald ȝour halynes a1500 Seven S. 2759.
Scho was rad Hir to be discouerit Ib. 2530. 1494 Loutfut MS 18b.
[They] war rad to luk on thaim & begouth to fle a1605 Montg. Sonn. xlv 2.
Perceive hou secreit I conceill, Rad to reveill that peirtly I propone(3) a1400 Leg. S. xxxviii 467.
Thane wes Natalya ful rad That [etc.] c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 17205.
Than was the sowdane radder than before That he suld baith his liff and land forelore — 1494 Loutfut MS 41b.
He that drinkis of … a pot without pece or cop he is euer rad or it worth les(4) a1500 Henr. Fab. 1970.
And I am rad [Ch. raid] … That at my figure beist and bird will skar(5) a1400 Leg. S. xix 386.
Thane did thai as he thaim bad, Fore thai ware fore hyme al rad c1420 Wynt. ii 1326.
Dedalus … was so rad for Mynois, That [etc.] 1494 Loutfut MS 30b.
He … wes sa full of fureur & vodnes that euery man wes rad for him 1515 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 45.
Lat hir be radd for na man(6) c1420 Ratis R. 1410.
This eild … fore perell is nocht ful rad a1500 Henr. Fab. 2760.
Thow sud be rad for richteous Goddis blame c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 320.
He wes ay redy for to ryn, so rad he wes for blame a1538 Abell 19b.
Thai wer nocht rad for his comminatioun(7) 1456 Hay I 174/19.
Quhen a man seis his nychtbouris hous byrn, suppos he be rad for his awin