rede

Meanings

Noun

• Help, advice, counsel.
• Decision, a plan.

Verb

• To govern, protect.
• To discuss, deliberate.
• To advise.
• To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.

Origin

• From Middle English red, rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz. Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd, Norwegian Bokmål råd
• . Indo-European cognates include Old Irish ráidid. rada.
• From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan ("to counsel, advise; plot, design; rule, govern, guide; determine, decide, decree; read, explain"), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.
• Cognate with German raten, Low German raden, Dutch raden. More at read.