rede

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rede"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd
• Homophones: read, reed

Etymology 1

From Middle English red, rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.

Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd, Norwegian Bokmål råd. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish ráidid (“to speak, say, tell”). Doublet of rada.

Alternative forms

• read

Noun

rede (uncountable) (archaic)

1. Help, advice, counsel.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     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, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume I, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:

     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. Decision, a plan.

Etymology 2

From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise; plot, design; rule, govern, guide; determine, decide, decree; read, explain”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

Cognate with German raten, Low German raden, Dutch raden. More at read.

Verb

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

1. To govern, protect.
2. To discuss, deliberate.
3. To advise.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV (in Middle English):

     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

     Meanwhile, his squire found written upon the cross that Bagdemagus should never again return to the court / till he had won a knight's body of the round table, body for body. / “Lo sir,” said his squire, / “here I find writing about you; / therefore I rede you return again to the court.” / “That I never shall,” said Bagdemagus.

4. To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.
   • 1836, Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus:

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

Derived terms

• berede
• misrede

 

Anagrams

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

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German reden, from Old High German redōn, rediōn, from reda, redia, radia (“speech, talking”), from Proto-Germanic *raþjǭ, *raþjō (“accountability, speech”). Cognate with German reden.

Verb

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

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreiðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reːðə/, [ˈʁæðð̩]
• Homophone: redde

Noun

rede c (singular definite reden, plural indefinite reder)

1. nest (bird-built structure)

Declension

Declension of rede

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

References

• “rede,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German rēde, Middle Low German: gerēde, from Old Saxon *girēdi, from Proto-Germanic *raidijaz, *garaidijaz, cognate with English ready, Norwegian grei, Icelandic reiður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reːðə/, [ˈʁæðð̩]
• Homophone: redde

Adjective

rede

1. ready
2. prepared

References

• “rede,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

From Old Norse reiða, from Proto-Germanic *raidijaną (“to arange”), derived from *raidaz, see above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reːˀ/, [ˈʁæˀ]

Verb

rede (past tense redte, past participle redt)

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

Conjugation

Inflection of rede

	present	past
simple	reder	redte
perfect	har redt	havde redt
passive	redes	redtes
participle	redende	redt
imperative	red	—
infinitive	rede	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	reden	—

Derived terms

• berede
• udrede

References

• “rede,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 4

From Old Norse reiða, related to the previous word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reːðə/, [ˈʁæðð̩]
• Homophone: redde

Noun

rede (indeclinable)

1. insight, clarification

Derived terms

• redegøre or gøre rede (“to account”)
• urede
• vildrede

References

• “rede,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.də/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: re‧de
• Rhymes: -eːdə
• Homophone: reden

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rēde, from Proto-Germanic *raþjǭ (“reasoning, account”).

Noun

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

1. reason (as a concept)
2. address, discourse, speech

Derived terms

• in de rede vallen
• redekunde
• redelijk
• redeloos
• redeneren
• redevoeren
• troonrede

Related terms

• overreden

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rede

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rêde. Cognate with Middle Low German rêde, reide (whence German Reede). Further derivation uncertain: Either from Proto-West Germanic *raidu (whence also English road) or derived from Middle Dutch reed (“ready”), modern gereed, bereid. In both cases ultimately related with rijden (“to ride”).

Noun

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

1. a place to anchor, anchorage

Alternative forms

• ree (now literary or dialectal)
• reede (obsolete)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rede

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rede

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of rijden
2. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of reden

Anagrams

• reed

Galician

Redes

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrede/ [ˈre.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ede
• Hyphenation: re‧de

Noun

rede f (plural redes)

1. net (mesh of strings)
2. fishing net (mesh of strings used to trap fish)
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, 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

• enredar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rede”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rede”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rede”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rede”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rede”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

rede

1. inflection of redar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːdə/, [ˈʁeːdə]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: Rede, Reede
• Hyphenation: re‧de

Verb

rede

1. inflection of reden:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde
• Hyphenation: rè‧de

Etymology 1

Clipping of erede.

Noun

rede m or f by sense (plural redi)

1. (obsolete) Aphetic form of erede

Further reading

• rede in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rede f pl

1. plural of reda

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English rēada, from Proto-West Germanic *raudō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːd(ə)/

Noun

rede

1. (hapax) abomasum

Descendants

• English: reed, read
• Scots: reid, reed

References

• “rēde, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

rede

1. Alternative form of red (“counsel”)

Etymology 3

Noun

rede

1. Alternative form of red (“reed”)

Etymology 4

Adjective

rede

1. Alternative form of red (“red”)

Etymology 5

Adjective

rede

1. Alternative form of rade

Etymology 6

Verb

rede

1. Alternative form of reden
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 709:

     Wel coude he rede a lessoun or a storie, [...]

     He well knew how to read a lesson or a story, [...]

   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3070-3072:

     ‘And, er that we departen from this place,
     I rede that we make, of sorwes two,
     O parfyt Ioye, lasting ever-mo;’ [...]

     ‘And before we depart from this place,
     I advise that we make, of two sorrows,
     One perfect joy, lasting evermore;’ [...]

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German rede.

Adjective

rede (indeclinable)

1. ready
2. prepared

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreiðr.

Alternative forms

• reir

Noun

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

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

Etymology 3

From Old Norse reiða.

Verb

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

• “rede” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese rede, from Latin rēte.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.d͡ʒi/ [ˈhe.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.d͡ʒi/ [ˈhe.d͡ʒi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.d͡ʒi/ [ˈχe.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.de/ [ˈhe.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.dɨ/ [ˈʁe.ðɨ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɦe.dɪ/

Noun

rede f (plural redes)

1. net (mesh of strings)
   1. (fishing) Short for rede de pesca (“fishing net”).
   2. (sports) net (mesh behind the goal frame)
   3. hairnet (netting worn over one's hair)
2. (figurative) sieve (something that catches and filters everything)
3. (figurative) 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 esgotos. ― The sewer system.

Derived terms

• enredar
• redar
• rede de arrasto
• rede de descanso
• rede de dormir
• rede de pesca
• rede neural
• rede social
• redinha (diminutive)
• redona (augmentative)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈhɛ.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈhɛ.d͡ʒi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈχɛ.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.de/ [ˈhɛ.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.dɨ/ [ˈʁɛ.ðɨ]

Verb

rede

1. inflection of redar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rede (Cyrillic spelling реде)

1. vocative singular of red

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hreiðr.

Noun

rede n

1. A bird's nest.

Declension

Declension of rede

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

Anagrams

• eder