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Old English · adjective

read

Normalised rēad

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ræ͜ɑːd/
Syllables
ræ͜ɑːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
red

Meaning

  1. red

    An. DCCLXXIII Hēr ōþēowde rēad Crīstes mǣl on heofonum æfter sunnan setlgange. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġefuhtan Myrċe ⁊ Cantware æt Ottanforda. ⁊ wundorlīċe nǣddran wǣron ġesāwene on Sūðseaxna lande.

    Year 773 In this year a red crucifix appeared in the heavens after the setting of the sun. And in that year, Mercia and Kent fought at Otford.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

Strong declension of read
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative rēadrēadrēad
Accusative rēadnerēaderēad
Genitive rēadesrēadrerēades
Dative rēadumrēadrerēadum
Instrumental rēaderēadrerēade
Plural
Nominative rēaderēadarēaderēad
Accusative rēaderēadarēaderēad
Genitive rēadrarēadrarēadra
Dative rēadumrēadumrēadum
Instrumental rēadumrēadumrēadum
Weak declension of read
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative rēadarēaderēade
Accusative rēadanrēadanrēade
Genitive rēadanrēadanrēadan
Dative rēadanrēadanrēadan
Instrumental rēadanrēadanrēadan
Plural
Nominative rēadanrēadanrēadan
Accusative rēadanrēadanrēadan
Genitive rēadrarēadenarēadrarēadenarēadrarēadena
Dative rēadumrēadumrēadum
Instrumental rēadumrēadumrēadum

All forms (10)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-. Germanic cognates: Old Frisian rād (West Frisian read), Old Saxon rōd (Low German root, rod), Dutch rood, Old High German rōt (German rot), Old Norse rauðr (Danish rød, Swedish röd, Icelandic rauður), Gothic (rauþs). Indo-European cognates: Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eru…

Descendants

red

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