rede

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz. Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish ráidid (“to speak, say, tell”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise; plot, design; rule, govern, guide; determine, decide, decree; read, explain”), from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną. Cognate with German raten, Low German raden, Dutch raden. More at read.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal) To govern, protect.
  2. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal) To discuss, deliberate.
  3. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal) To advise.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter v, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV:
      The meane whyle his squyer founde wryten vpon the crosse that Bagdemagus shold neuer retorne vnto the Courte ageyne / tyll he had wonne a knyȝtes body of the round table body for body / lo syr said his squyer / here I fynde wrytyng of yow / therfor I rede yow retorne ageyne to the Courte / that shalle I neuer said Bagdemagus
  4. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal) To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
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Alemannic German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German reden, from Old High German redōn, rediōn, from reda, redia, radia (“speech, talking”). Cognate with German reden.

Verb[edit]

rede (third-person singular simple present redt, past participle gredt, auxiliary haa)

  1. to speak, talk
    • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
      I cha nit rede. Es drückt mer der Atem ab.
      I cannot speak. It takes my breath away.

Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German rede

Adjective[edit]

rede

  1. ready
  2. prepared

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse hreiðr.

Noun[edit]

rede c (singular definite reden, plural indefinite reder)

  1. nest (bird-built structure)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of rede
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rede reden reder rederne
genitive redes redens reders redernes

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse reiða and Middle Low German reden.

Verb[edit]

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

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

Etymology 4[edit]

From Old Norse reiða and the verb.

Noun[edit]

rede (indeclinable)

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

References[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch rēde. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. reason (as a concept)
  2. address, discourse
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: rede

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch rêde.

Noun[edit]

rede f (plural reden or redens, diminutive redetje n)

  1. A place to anchor, anchorage
Alternative forms[edit]
  • ree (now literary or dialectal)
  • reede (obsolete)
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb[edit]

rede

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of rijden
  2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of reden

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Galician[edit]

Redes

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese rede (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rēte.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rede f (plural redes)

  1. net (mesh of strings)
  2. fishing net (mesh of strings used to trap fish)
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 208:
      Homes sandios et jente louqua, nõ deuedes a chamar Santiago caualeiro mais pescador que leixou o barquo et as redes ẽno mar de Galilea et foyse cõ Nostro Señor, et el fezoo pescador dos homes porque por la sua preegaçõ gaanou moytas almas para el.
      Ignorant men and fool people, you shouldn't call Saint James knight but fisherman, because he left his ship and the nets in the sea of Galilee and went away with Our Lord, and He made him a fisherman of men, because through his preaching he gained many souls for Him
  3. network (an interconnected group or system)
  4. (Internet) the Net; the Web (the Internet)
  5. business chain (businesses with the same brand name)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “rede” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “rede” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “rede” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “rede” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “rede” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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.

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English rēad.

Adjective[edit]

rede

  1. Alternative form of red

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English rǣd, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rede (plural redes)

  1. counsel, advice, recommendation
  2. persuasion, convincing
  3. agreement, permission, allowance
  4. decree, edict
  5. decision, will, purpose
  6. judgement, judicial decision, opinion
  7. plan, strategy, programme, plot
  8. event, happening, occurence
  9. benefit, boon, help
  10. deliberation, discussion
  11. wisdom
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old English hrēod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rede (plural redes)

  1. reed, flax (plant)
  2. The stalk of a reed
  3. straw, thatching
  4. A reed pen
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

From Old English hræd.

Adjective[edit]

rede

  1. Alternative form of rade
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

From Old English rǣdan.

Verb[edit]

rede

  1. Alternative form of reden
Descendants[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German rede

Adjective[edit]

rede (indeclinable)

  1. ready
  2. prepared

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse hreiðr

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

rede n (definite singular redet, indefinite plural reder, definite plural reda or redene)

  1. a nest (e.g. bird's nest)

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse reiða.

Verb[edit]

rede (imperative red, present tense reder, passive redes, simple past and past participle reda or redet, present participle redende)

  1. to ascertain
  2. to clarify

References[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese rede, from Latin rēte.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun:

Noun[edit]

rede f (plural redes)

  1. net (mesh of strings)
    1. (fishing) net (mesh of strings used to trap fish)
      Synonym: rede de pesca
    2. (sports) net (mesh behind the goal frame)
    3. hairnet (netting worn over one's hair)
  2. (figuratively) sieve (something that catches and filters everything)
  3. (figuratively) web; net; a trap
    Synonyms: cilada, armadilha, ardil
  4. hammock (suspended bed or couch made of cloth or netting)
    Synonyms: rede de dormir, rede de descanso
  5. network (an interconnected group or system)
    1. (business) chain (businesses with the same brand name)
    2. (broadcasting) network (group of affiliated television stations)
    3. (networking) (computers and other devices connected together to share information)
    4. (Internet) the Net; the Web (the Internet)
      Synonyms: Internet, Web, Net
    5. an infrastructural system
      Synonym: sistema
      A rede de esgoto. ― The sewer system.

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

rede

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of redar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of redar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of redar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of redar

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

rede (Cyrillic spelling реде)

  1. vocative singular of red

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

rede n

  1. A bird's nest.

Declension[edit]

Declension of rede 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rede redet reden redena
Genitive redes redets redens redenas

Anagrams[edit]

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