rede

See also: Rede

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːd/

Etymology 1

Old English rǣd. Middle English rǣd, rað. Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd. Indo-European cognates include Latin ratiō (“reason, judgment, counsel”).

Noun

rede (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Help, advice, counsel.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", Act 1, Scene 3:

     Ophelia:
     Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
     Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
     Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine,
     Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
     And recks not his own rede.

   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol. 1:

     When the Bull heard these words he knew the Ass to be his friend and thanked him, saying, "Right is thy rede"

   • 1954, JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers:

     ‘Yet do not cast all hope away. Tomorrow is unknown. Rede oft is found at the rising of the Sun.’

2. (archaic) Decision, a plan.

Etymology 2

From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise; plot, design; rule, gover, guide; determine, decide, decree; read, explain”). More at read.

Verb

rede (third-person singular simple present redes, present participle reding, simple past and past participle red or redd)

1. (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To govern, protect.
2. (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To discuss, deliberate.
3. (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To advise.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:

     lo syr said his squyer, here I fynde wrytyng of yow, therfor I rede yow retorne ageyne to the Courte [...].

4. (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

   The secret of Man's Being is still like the Sphinx's secret: a riddle that he cannot rede; - Resartus.

Derived terms

• berede

Anagrams

• deer
• dere, de re
• dree
• reed, Reed

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Danish

Adjective

rede

1. ready
2. prepared

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreiðr.

Noun

rede c (singular definite reden, plural indefinite reder)

1. nest (bird-built structure)

Inflection

Inflection of rede

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rede	reden	reder	rederne
genitive	redes	redens	reders	redernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse reiða.

Verb

rede (imperative red, infinitive at rede, present tense reder, past tense redte, past participle har redt)

1. comb (to groom the hair with a toothed implement)
2. make (a bed)

Noun

rede

1. insight, clarification, especially in the expression gøre sig (selv) rede for

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːdə
• Homophone: reden

Noun

rede c (plural redes or reden, diminutive redetje n)

1. reason
2. address, discourse
3. place to anchor, anchorage

Derived terms

• redekunde
• redeneren

Verb

rede

1. singular past subjunctive of rijden
2. singular present subjunctive of reden

Anagrams

• reed

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German

Verb

rede

1. First-person singular present of reden.
2. Imperative singular of reden.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of reden.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of reden.

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ræd.

Adjective

rede

1. redness
2. Alternative spelling of rǣde.
3. dative of ræd/rǣd/rað

Descendants

• English: rede

Verb

rede

1. to read

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese rede, from Latin rete.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeðɨ/

Noun

rede f (plural redes)

1. net
2. hammock
3. network

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Swedish

Noun

rede ?

1. A bird's nest.

Declension

Declension of rede

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rede || redet || reden || redena
genitive	redes || redets || redens || redenas