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Old English
Etymology
From a merger of two verbs, which came to be pronounced the same in the present tense and the infinitive due to regular sound change:
The past-tense form reordon preserves the zero-grade reduplicated plural stem *re-rd-un.
Pronunciation
Verb
rǣdan
- to read
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.- We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.
- to advise
- to guess
- to interpret, explain
- swefn rǣdan ― to interpret a dream
- to decide
Conjugation
Originally class 7 strong. Changed in later Old English to class 1 weak.
infinitive
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rǣdan
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rǣdenne
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indicative mood
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present tense
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past tense
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first person singular
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rǣde
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rēd, reord, rǣdde
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second person singular
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rǣtst, rǣdest
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rēde, reorde, rǣddest
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third person singular
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rǣtt, rǣt, rǣdeþ
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rēd, reord, rǣdde
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plural
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rǣdaþ
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rēdon, reordon, rǣddon
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subjunctive
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present tense
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past tense
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singular
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rǣde
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rēde, reorde, rǣdde
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plural
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rǣden
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rēden, reorden, rǣdden
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imperative
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singular
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rǣd
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plural
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rǣdaþ
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participle
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present
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past
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rǣdende
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(ġe)rǣden, (ġe)rǣded
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