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Old English · verb

rædan

Normalised rǣdan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈræː.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈræː · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
readguessinterpretredeadvisedecide

Meaning

  1. to read

    Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.

    It is not enough that you look at letters unless you also read them and understand the meaning.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"

  2. to advise

  3. to guess

  4. to interpret, explain

    swefn rǣdan

    to interpret a dream

  5. to decide

Conjugation

Conjugation of rædan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular rǣderēdreordrǣdde
2nd singular rǣtstrǣdestrēdereorderǣddest
3rd singular rǣttrǣtrǣdeþrēdreordrǣdde
Plural rǣdaþrēdonreordon
Subjunctive
Singular rǣderēdereorderǣdde
Plural rǣdenrǣdaþrēdenreordenrǣddonrǣdden
Non-finite forms of rædan
Form
Infinitive rǣdan
Inflected infinitive rǣdennerǣdan
Imperative singular rǣd
Imperative plural rǣdaþ
Present participle rǣdende
Past participle rǣdenġerǣdenrǣdedġerǣded

All forms (27)

Etymology

From a merger of two verbs, which came to be pronounced the same in the present tense and the infinitive due to regular sound change: * Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“to advise”, strong verb) * Proto-West Germanic *raidijan, from Proto-Germanic *raidijaną (“to make ready”, weak verb). The past tense form reordon preserves the zero-grade reduplicated plural stem *re-rd-un.

Descendants

read, rede

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