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redd en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Fusion of Middle English reden (“to clean up, to clear”) and redden (“to save, rescue, deliver, rid, free, clear”). The former is from Old English ġerǣdan (“to put in order, arrange, prepare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garaidijan, from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to arrange”); the latter, from Old English hreddan (“to save, deliver, recover, rescue”), from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną. More at rid and ready. The Scottish and Northern English senses (especially 3.5 “tidy up, clear away”) are likely from Old Norse ryðja (“to clear, free, empty”), from Proto-Germanic *rudjaną, having conflated with the native word reden (see above); if so, that would make them related to Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rydde (“to clear, tidy”). The Pennsylvania (Dutch English) sense is from Middle Low German redden, cognate with Dutch redden (“to save, rescue”), both ultimately also from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to loosen, set free, save”). The meaning is clearly historically conflated and related to the native English word, however their exact origin and relationship are unclear.

Meanings

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) To free from entanglement.
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) To free from embarrassment.
  3. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete) To fix boundaries.
  4. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete) To comb hair.
  5. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete) To separate combatants.
  6. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete) To settle, usually a quarrel.
  7. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete) To tidy up, clear away.
  8. (Pennsylvania, dialectal, obsolete) To clean, tidy up, to put in order.
    • I've got to redd the place before your mother gets back.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
redding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
red alternative lexicographic
redded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
redded Tense=Past lexicographic
redds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
redd Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
redd Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

redd up · outredd · outred

redd en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Origin obscure, possibly from the act of the fish scooping, clearing out a spawning place, see redd above.

Meanings

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A spawning nest made by a fish.
    • 2007, Michael Klesius, Fishes' Riches, National Geographic (March 2007), 32, A female chinook salmon digs her redd, or nest, prior to spawning in Oregon's John Day River.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
redds Number=Plur lexicographic

redd en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (dialectal, form-of, obsolete, participle, past) simple past and past participle of rede
    form of rede
  2. (dialectal, form-of, obsolete, participle, past) simple past and past participle of read
    form of read
    • The Works of John Knox (1514–72), published 1841