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-red

-red

See also: red, red-, Red, RED, and rěd

English

Suffix

-red

  1. (no longer productive) A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.
    hatred
    kindred
    manred
    sibred

Derived terms

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Old English

Alternative forms

Suffix

-red

  1. Alternative form of -raþ

Etymology

From Middle English -red, -redde, -rede, -reden, from Old English -rǣden (which see). Cognate with German -rat (as in Heirat ‎(“wedding”)).

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