reeden en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹiːdən/
Etymology
From Middle English reeden, reden, from Old English *hrēoden, *hrīeden (attested in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *hriudīn (“made of reed”), equivalent to reed + -en (“made of”). Cognate with West Frisian reiden (“made of reed”), Dutch rieten (“made of reed”).
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable, poetic) Made from reeds.
Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood.
1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC: