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Old English · verb

hreddan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈxred.dɑn/
[ˈr̥ed.dɑn]
Syllables
ˈxred · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
reddridsaveredrescuerecover

Meaning

  1. to save, rescue

    ... forðan ðe God hī hredde wið heora fȳnd,...

    ... because God had saved them from their enemies,...

    c. 995, Ælfric, Homilies, "On the Holy Day of Pentecost"

  2. to deliver, free; take away

  3. to recover

Conjugation

Conjugation of hreddan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hreddehredde
2nd singular hretsthreddest
3rd singular hretthrethredde
Plural hreddaþhreddon
Subjunctive
Singular hreddehredde
Plural hreddenhredden
Non-finite forms of hreddan
Form
Infinitive hreddan
Inflected infinitive hreddenne
Imperative singular hrede
Imperative plural hreddaþ
Present participle hreddende
Past participle hrededġehrededhreddġehreddhredġehred

All forms (18)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to save, rescue”). Akin to Old Frisian hredda, Old High German *retten (German retten).

Descendants

red, redd, rid

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