# rede

Pronunciation: say "REED" /ɹid/

## Noun

1. Help, advice, or counsel offered to another. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Advice or help given to someone who needs guidance.
3. A decision or settled plan arrived at through deliberation. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A decision or plan that has been settled on.

## Verb

2. To give advice or counsel to someone. *(archaic, UK)*
   - Simple: To tell someone what they should do.
4. To interpret a riddle or dream; to explain its meaning. *(archaic, UK)*
   - Simple: To explain what a riddle or dream means.
5. To discuss or deliberate over a matter. *(archaic, UK)*
   - Simple: To talk something over carefully with others.
6. To govern and protect; to rule over a people or land. *(archaic, UK)*
   - Simple: To rule over something and keep it safe.

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3** — Proto-Germanic *rēdaz gave Proto-West Germanic *rād, which became Old English rǣd and then Middle English red or rede. Cognates include German Rat, Dutch raad, Danish råd, and Swedish råd, and among more distant Indo-European relatives is rádaid, an Old Irish verb meaning "to speak, say, tell." Rada is a doublet.
**Meanings 2, 4–6** — Proto-Germanic *rēdaną led to Proto-West Germanic *rādan and then Old English rǣdan, a verb with meanings such as "to counsel, advise," "to plot, design," "to rule, govern," "to determine, decide," and "to read, explain." It became Middle English reden or ræden. German raten, Low German raden, and Dutch raden are cognates, and read is related.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/rede (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).