redd

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɛd/ Homophones: red, read === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== red ==== Verb ==== redd (third-person singular simple present redds, present participle redding, simple past and past participle redd or redded)(obsolete or dialectal) To free from entanglement. To free from embarrassment. (Scotland and Northern England) To fix boundaries. To comb hair. To separate combatants. To settle, usually a quarrel. To tidy up, clear away. (Pennsylvania) To clean, tidy up, to put in order. ===== Derived terms ===== outredd, outred redd up ===== References ===== Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “redd”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Etymology 2 === Origin obscure, possibly from the act of the fish scooping, clearing out a spawning place, see redd above. ==== Noun ==== redd (plural redds) A spawning nest made by a fish. 2007, Michael Klesius, Fishes' Riches, National Geographic (March 2007), 32, === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== redd simple past and past participle of rede (obsolete) simple past and past participle of read The Works of John Knox (1514–72), published 1841 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɾɛdː/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hræddr, from hræða (“frighten”). ==== Adjective ==== redd (neuter singular redd, definite singular and plural redde, comparative reddere, indefinite superlative reddest, definite superlative reddeste) frightened, afraid ===== Antonyms ===== uredd === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== redd imperative of redde === References === “redd” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hræddr, from hræða (“frighten”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /rɛdː/ ==== Adjective ==== redd (indefinite singular redd, definite singular and plural redde, comparative reddare, indefinite superlative reddast, definite superlative reddaste) frightened; afraid careful with; worried about ===== Synonyms ===== (afraid): ottefull, fælen ===== Antonyms ===== uredd ===== Related terms ===== reddast === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== redd imperative of redda === References === “redd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Scots == === Alternative forms === red === Etymology === From Middle English redden, from Old English hreddan, from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną. The sense “to tidy” is likely related to Norwegian Bokmål rydde, which has the same meaning. === Verb === redd (third-person singular simple present redds, present participle reddin, simple past and past participle redd) to free, relieve to clear, vacate to disentangle, unravel to comb to arrange, settle to fix, determine to tidy == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish redh, from Old Norse reiðr, from Middle Low German rêde, reide, from Old Saxon *rēda, from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“ride, journey”). Doublet of red (“ride; raid”). ==== Noun ==== redd c (nautical) road (towards a harbour), a roadstead ligga på redden ― to ride towards the anchor in the road ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== redd past participle of reda === References === “redd”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Redd in Wessely's Swedish-English Dictionary (c. 1880s)