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Old English · noun

Read Sæ

Normalised Rēad Sǣ

Part of speech
noun, feminine
IPA
/ræ͜ɑːd sæː/
Syllables
ræ͜ɑːd · sæː (2 syllables)
Modern English
red seabiblical

Meaning

  1. the Biblical Red Sea

    Þā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum.

    Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

Declension of Read Sæ
Singular
Nominative Rēad Sǣ
Accusative Rēad Sǣ
Genitive Rēad Sǣ
Dative Rēad Sǣ

All forms (1)

Etymology

Calque of Latin Mare Rubrum, equivalent to rēad (“red”) + sǣ (“sea”).

Descendants

red sea

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