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Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English āhreddan; equivalent to a- + redden.
Pronunciation
Verb
aredden
- (Early Middle English) To save or rescue; to remove from penury or captivity.
- Synonym: redden
c. 1225, “Seoueðe dale: luue”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402), Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 106, recto; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:Me lauerd þu ſeiſt hƿerto · ne mahte he wið leaſſe gref habben arud us:̃- "But master," you'll say, "why couldn't he have saved us with less trouble?"
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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