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Old English · noun

rad

Normalised rād

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/rɑːd/
Syllables
rɑːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
raidraderidingrideactjourneyroad

rad1 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. journey, ride, the act of riding

  2. raid, expedition

  3. the runic character (/r/)

    byþ on reċyde rinca ġehwylċum sēfte...

    Journey is easy for warriors in the hall...

    The Old English rune poem

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of rad
SingularPlural
Nominative rādrādarāde
Accusative rāderādarāde
Genitive rāderāda
Dative rāderādum

rad2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of ridan

  2. Inflected form of ridan

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raidu. Cognate with Old Norse reið.

See ridan.

Descendants

rade, raid, road

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