rede

[reed]Chiefly British Dialect

verb (used with object), red·ed, red·ing.

to counsel; advise.
to explain.

noun

counsel; advice.
a plan; scheme.
a tale; story.

Origin of rede

before 900; (v.) Middle English reden, Old English rǣdan; (noun) Middle English; Old English rǣd, cognate with Old Frisian rēd, Old Saxon rād, Old Norse rāth; see read¹, ready

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Contemporary Examples of rede

Through her group Rede Nami, she also trains other women to use graffiti art to spur social change.
Jaycee Dugard’s New Life
Abigail Pesta
March 10, 2012

Historical Examples of rede

Take my rede, sir, and let it drop, for you have come very well out from it.
The White Company
Arthur Conan Doyle
It is my rede that thou weddest Atli, or else thou goest hence.
Eric Brighteyes
H. Rider Haggard
With Nations it is as with individuals: Can they rede the riddle of Destiny?
Past and Present
Thomas Carlyle
And, by my rede, we shall have our women and little ones with us; and why not?
Child Christopher
William Morris
Tell them, and let me read the rede; sense dwells in the voices of the night.
Harold, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for rede

rede

noun

advice or counsel
an explanation

verb (tr)

to advise; counsel
to explain

Word Origin for rede

Old English rǣdan to rule; see read 1

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Word Origin and History for rede

"counsel, advice," Old English ræd "advice, counsel;" see read (v.). Cognate with Old Saxon rad "advice, counsel, help, advantage," Dutch raad "advice, counsel," German Rat "advice, counsel," Old Norse rað "advice, consideration, remedy, power; marriage."