redden

English

Etymology

From red +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdn̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdən
• Hyphenation: red‧den

Verb

redden (third-person singular simple present reddens, present participle reddening, simple past and past participle reddened)

1. (intransitive) To become red or redder.
   • 1769, Plautus, Bonnell Thornton (translation), "The Captives", The Comedies of Plautus, T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, page 341

     But I will make you blush; nay, I will make you redden all over.

   • 1794, William Hamilton, "Mithridates", Poems on Several Occasions, W. Gordon, page 258

     Ere this had redden'd with my odious blood.

   • 1997, Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid, Faber & Faber, "Phaethon," lines 227-9, p. 32,

     When the sun-god saw that, and the reddening sky

     And the waning moon seeming to thaw

     He called the Hours to yoke the horses.

2. (transitive) To make red or redder.
   • 1884, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Becket‎, act I, scene 4:

     God redden your pale blood!

   • 1942, Wallace Stevens, “Country Words”, in The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens, Knopf, published 1971, page 207:

     […] If the cloud that hangs
     Upon the heart and round the mind
     Cleared from the north and in that height
     The sun appeared and reddened great
     Belshazzar's brow, O, ruler, rude
     With rubies then, attend me now.

   • 1969, Wole Soyinka, The Bacchae of Euripides, Norton, published 1974, page 19:

     Then listen Thebes, nurse of Semele,
     Crown your hair with ivy
     Turn your fingers green with bryony
     Redden your walls with berries.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• reddener

Related terms

• red

Translations

Anagrams

• derned, red Ned, rended

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch redden, from Old Dutch *redden, from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.də(n)/

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• Hyphenation: red‧den
• Rhymes: -ɛdən

Verb

redden

1. (transitive) to save, rescue

   Hij wist zich ternauwernood uit het brandende wrak te redden. ― He barely managed to save himself from the burning wreck

2. (reflexive) to manage, cope, be fine

   Maak je geen zorgen, ik red me wel. ― Don’t worry, I’ll manage.

   Redden jullie je wel of heb je hulp nodig? ― Can you (guys) manage or do you need help? (literally, “Can you save yourself well or do you need help?”)

Inflection

Derived terms

• redder
• redding
• redmiddel
• het redden

Descendants

• Afrikaans: red
• Negerhollands: red

Anagrams

• dender, derden, redend

Maltese

Alternative forms

• radden

Etymology

From Arabic رَدَّنَ (raddana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛd.dɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛddɛn

Verb

redden (imperfect jredden, past participle mredden)

1. to spin cotton on a spindle

Conjugation

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *redden, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną.

Verb

redden

1. to save, to rescue

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: redden
• Limburgish: rèdde

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “redden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

• redde
• reddenn (Ormulum)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hreddan (“to save, deliver, recover, rescue”), from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛdən/

Verb

redden

1. To save or rescue; to remove from penury or captivity.

   Synonyms: aredden, saven

   • Floris and Blauncheflur

     Þe children þerwiþ fram deþe he redde.

     With that he saved the children from death.

2. To release from injury or trouble.

Conjugation

Related terms

• aredden
• ridden

Descendants

• English: redd, red; rid
• Scots: redd, red

References

• “redden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Noun

redden

1. definite singular of redd