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Definition redd

Etymology 1

Fusion of Middle English redden (“to save, rescue, deliver, rid, free, clear”), from Old English hreddan (“to save, deliver, recover, rescue”), from Proto-Germanic *hradjan? and Middle English reden (“to clean up, clear”), from Old English ?er?dan (“to put in order, arrange, prepare”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijan? (“to arrange”). More at rid, ready.

Verb

redd (third-person singular simple present redds, present participle redding, simple past and past participle redd or redded)

1. (obsolete) To free from entanglement.
2. (obsolete) To free from embarrassment.
3. (Scotland and Northern England) To fix boundaries.
4. (Scotland and Northern England) To comb hair.
5. (Scotland and Northern England) To separate combatants.
6. (Scotland and Northern England) To settle, usually a quarrel.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old Norse ryðja, Middle Low German, compare Dutch redden. In modern use probably actually a back-formation from ready.

Verb

redd (third-person singular simple present redds, present participle redding, simple past and past participle redded)

1. (transitive, Pennsylvania) To clean, tidy up, to put in order.

Etymology 3

Origin obscure, possibly from the act of the fish scooping, clearing out a spawning place, see redd above.

Noun

redd (plural redds)

1. A spawning nest made by a fish.

Etymology 4

From the archaic verb rede or read

Verb

redd

1. simple past tense and past participle of rede
2. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of read

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