rede
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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.
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Noun edit
rede (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.’
- (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-West Germanic *rādan, 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)
- (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To govern, protect.
- (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To discuss, deliberate.
- (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) 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.
- (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) 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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Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
rede (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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
rede c (singular definite reden, plural indefinite reder)
- nest (bird-built structure)
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- “rede,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
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.
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rede
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- “rede,4” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse reiða, from Proto-Germanic *raidijaną (“to arange”), derived from *raidaz, see above.
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rede (past tense redte, past participle redt)
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- “rede,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 4 edit
From Old Norse reiða, related to the previous word.
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rede (indeclinable)
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- “rede,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch rēde, from Proto-Germanic *raþjǭ (“reasoning, account”).
Noun edit
rede f (plural redes or reden, diminutive redetje n)
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- Afrikaans: rede
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch rêde, presumably related to the root of rijden.
Noun edit
rede f (plural reden or redens, diminutive redetje n)
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- Afrikaans: rede
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
rede
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of rijden
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of reden
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Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese rede (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rēte.
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Noun edit
rede 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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References edit
- “rede” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “rede” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “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.
Etymology 2 edit
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rede
- inflection of redar:
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rede
- inflection of reden:
Italian edit
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rede m or f by sense (plural redi)
Further reading edit
- rede in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
rede f pl
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English rēada, from Proto-West Germanic *raudō.
Pronunciation edit
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rede
Descendants edit
References edit
- “rēde, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
rede
- Alternative form of red (“counsel”)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
rede
- Alternative form of red (“reed”)
Etymology 4 edit
Adjective edit
rede
- Alternative form of red (“red”)
Etymology 5 edit
Adjective edit
rede
- Alternative form of rade
Etymology 6 edit
Verb edit
rede
- 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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German rede.
Adjective edit
rede (indeclinable)
Etymology 2 edit
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Noun edit
rede n (definite singular redet, indefinite plural reder, definite plural reda or redene)
- a nest (e.g. bird's nest)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
rede (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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese rede, from Latin rēte.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rede 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 dormir
- rede de pesca
- redinha (diminutive)
- redona (augmentative)
Etymology 2 edit
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rede
- inflection of redar:
Serbo-Croatian edit
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rede (Cyrillic spelling реде)
Swedish edit
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rede n
- A bird's nest.
Declension edit
Declension of rede | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rede | redet | reden | redena |
Genitive | redes | redets | redens | redenas |