aredden

Middle English

Alternative forms

• a-reade, aredde, arudde

Etymology

Inherited from Old English āhreddan; equivalent to a- +‎ redden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrɛdən/

Verb

aredden

1. (Early Middle English) To save or rescue; to remove from penury or captivity.

   Synonym: redden

   • c. 1225, “Seoueðe dale: luue”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎^[1], Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 106, recto; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:

     Me lauerd þu ſeiſt hƿerto · ne mahte he wið leaſſe gref habben arud us:̃

     "But master," you'll say, "why couldn't he have saved us with less trouble?"

Conjugation

Conjugation of aredden (weak in -de)

infinitive	(to) aredden, aredde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	aredde	aredde
2nd-person singular	areddest	areddest
3rd-person singular	areddeth	aredde
subjunctive singular	aredde
imperative singular		—
plural1	aredden, aredde	aredden, aredde
imperative plural	areddeth, aredde	—
participles	areddynge, areddende	ared

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “aredden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.