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reord

reord

Old English

Noun

reord f

  1. voice
  2. speech, language
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *rerōd-, reduplicated preterite of Proto-Germanic *rēdaną ‎(“to advise, guess, interpret”). See rǣdan.

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Verb

reord

  1. First-person singular preterite of rǣdan
  2. Third-person singular preterite of rǣdan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *razdō ‎(“voice, language, speech, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *res- ‎(“to shout, speak”). Cognate with Old High German rarta ‎(“sound, voice, harmony”), Old Norse rǫdd ‎(“voice, speech”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 ‎(razda, “tongue, speech, language, dialect”), Old English reord ‎(“1st and 3rd person singular preterite of rǣdan ‎(“to read”)”). More at rede, read.

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