rede
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editNoun
editrede (uncountable) (archaic)
- 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.’
- Decision, a plan.
Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editrede (third-person singular simple present redes, present participle reding, simple past and past participle red or redd) (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal)
- To govern, protect.
- To discuss, deliberate.
- To advise.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
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editAlemannic German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editrede (third-person singular simple present redt, past participle gredt, auxiliary haa)
- 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
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editrede c (singular definite reden, plural indefinite reder)
- nest (bird-built structure)
Declension
editReferences
edit- “rede,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editrede
References
edit- “rede,4” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3
editFrom Old Norse reiða, from Proto-Germanic *raidijaną (“to arange”), derived from *raidaz, see above.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrede (past tense redte, past participle redt)
Conjugation
editDerived terms
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edit- “rede,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 4
editFrom Old Norse reiða, related to the previous word.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrede (indeclinable)
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edit- “rede,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch rēde, from Proto-Germanic *raþjǭ (“reasoning, account”).
Noun
editrede f (plural redes or reden, diminutive redetje n)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: rede
Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editrede f (plural reden or redens, diminutive redetje n)
Alternative forms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: rede
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editrede
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of rijden
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of reden
Anagrams
editGalician
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rede (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rēte.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrede f (plural redes)
- net (mesh of strings)
- 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
- network (an interconnected group or system)
- (Internet) the Net; the Web (the Internet)
- business chain (businesses with the same brand name)
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editReferences
edit- 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
editVerb
editrede
- inflection of redar:
German
editPronunciation
editVerb
editrede
- inflection of reden:
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editrede m or f by sense (plural redi)
Further reading
edit- rede in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editrede f pl
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English rēada, from Proto-West Germanic *raudō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrede
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “rēde, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editrede
- Alternative form of red (“counsel”)
Etymology 3
editNoun
editrede
- Alternative form of red (“reed”)
Etymology 4
editAdjective
editrede
- Alternative form of red (“red”)
Etymology 5
editAdjective
editrede
- Alternative form of rade
Etymology 6
editVerb
editrede
- 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;’ [...]
- ‘And before we depart from this place,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 709:
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Low German rede.
Adjective
editrede (indeclinable)
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editrede n (definite singular redet, indefinite plural reder, definite plural reda or redene)
- a nest (e.g. bird's nest)
Etymology 3
editVerb
editrede (imperative red, present tense reder, passive redes, simple past and past participle reda or redet, present participle redende)
References
edit- “rede” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese rede, from Latin rēte.
Pronunciation
edit
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɦe.dɪ/
Noun
editrede f (plural redes)
- net (mesh of strings)
- (fishing) Short for rede de pesca (“fishing net”).
- (sports) net (mesh behind the goal frame)
- hairnet (netting worn over one's hair)
- (figurative) sieve (something that catches and filters everything)
- (figurative) web; net; a trap
- hammock (suspended bed or couch made of cloth or netting)
- Synonyms: rede de dormir, rede de descanso
- network (an interconnected group or system)
- (business) chain (businesses with the same brand name)
- (broadcasting) network (group of affiliated television stations)
- (networking) (computers and other devices connected together to share information)
- (Internet) the Net; the Web (the Internet)
- an infrastructural system
- Synonym: sistema
- A rede de esgotos. ― The sewer system.
Derived terms
edit- enredar
- redar
- rede de arrasto
- rede de descanso
- rede de dormir
- rede de pesca
- rede neural
- rede social
- redinha (diminutive)
- redona (augmentative)
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
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Verb
editrede
- inflection of redar:
Serbo-Croatian
editNoun
editrede (Cyrillic spelling реде)
Swedish
editEtymology
editNoun
editrede n
- A bird's nest.
Declension
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