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English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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Various shades ofred
A woman withred hair.
AUyghur girl inChina who hasred hair.
A glass ofred wine
Aredsalmon

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishred, fromOld Englishrēad, fromProto-West Germanic*raud, fromProto-Germanic*raudaz fromProto-Indo-European*h₁rowdʰós, from the root*h₁rewdʰ-.

Cognates

See alsoWest Frisianread,Low Germanroot,rood,rot,rod,Dutchrood,Germanrot,Danish andNorwegian Bokmålrød,Norwegian Nynorskraud; alsoWelshrhudd,Latinruber,rufus,Tocharian Artär,Tocharian Bratre,Ancient Greekἐρυθρός(eruthrós),Albanianpruth(redhead),Russianру́дый (rúdyj) ("red", "redhaired").Czechrudý,Lithuanianraúdas,Finnishrauta,Estonianraud,Serbo-Croatianriđ ("reddish", "red"),Avestan𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀(raoidita),Sanskritरुधिर(rudhirá,red, bloody).

Adjective

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red (comparativeredderormorered,superlativereddestormostred)

  1. Of a red hue.
    The girl wore ared skirt.
  2. (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour;ginger.
    Her hair hadred highlights.
  3. (of the skin) Having a redder hue than usual due toembarrassment,anger,sunburn, etc.;flushed.
    • 1982,Douglas Adams,Life, the Universe and Everything, page23:
      [T]he sun was shining on a happy crowd. It shone on white hats andred faces. It shone on ice lollies and melted them.
  4. (of a dog or its coat) Having a brown color.
  5. (card games, of a card) Of thehearts ordiamonds suits. Compareblack(of the spades or clubs suits)
    I got twored queens, and he got one of the black queens.
  6. (politics, often capitalized) Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
    1. Left-wing parties and movements, chieflysocialist orcommunist, including the U.K.Labour party and theSocial Democratic Party ofGermany.
      • "Only Nixon could go to China" was the refrain of conventional wisdom during Richard Nixon’s 1972 official visit to Mao Tse-tung’s regime. Nixon’s anti-communist credentials, however dubious, provided useful camouflage as he opened diplomatic relations withRed China and made breathtaking concessions that an undisguised liberal couldn’t get away with.[1]
      thered-black grand coalition in Germany
    2. (US politics) The U.S.Republican Party.[21st c.]
      ared state
      ared Congress
  7. (chiefly derogatory, offensive)Amerind; relating toAmerindians orFirst Nations
    • 1994, Soundgarden,Spoonman:
      All my friends are Indians / All my friends are brown andred
  8. (astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
  9. (particle physics) Of a redcolor charge.
Synonyms
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  • (antonym(s) ofhaving red as its colour):nonred,unred
  • (antonym(s) ofhaving red as its colour charge):antired
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Translations
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Seered/translations § Adjective.

Noun

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red (countable anduncountable,pluralreds)

  1. (countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun; the colour which is evoked by the longest visiblewavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
    red: 
    Red can be seen as hot or angry.
  2. (countable) Arevolutionarysocialist or (most commonly) aCommunist;(usually capitalized) aBolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
    Coordinate term:pinko
  3. (countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used insnooker, distinguished from thecolours.
  4. (countable and uncountable)Redwine.
    • 1977 September,Billy Joel, “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”, inThe Stranger:
      A bottle ofred, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / in our Italian restaurant.
    • 2005, Jeffrey P. Landry,Temptation Mango:
      He produced a wine key from his jacket pocket and effortlessly removed the cork from the bottle ofred.
    • 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, inMen's Health, volume23, number 1,→ISSN, page135:
      59sneak in some red Smuggle a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a corkscrew into a long matinee. Red wine is rich in life-extending antioxidants, and the caper will add zest even to a bad movie.
  5. (countable) Any of several varieties ofale which are brewed with red or kilnedmalt, giving the beer a red colour.
    Hyponyms:Flanders red,Irish red
    • 2012 June 5, Howard Stelzer,Beer Cocktails: 50 Superbly Crafted Cocktails that Liven Up Your Lagers and Ales, Harvard Common Press,→ISBN:
      Americanreds and doppelbocks are heavy lagers as well. It really comes down to how the beer was made. Beyond that, brewers are immensely creative and have developed styles of both ale and lager that run a wide range of attributes.
    • 2016 April 1, Lonely Planet, Helena Smith, Andy Symington, Donna Wheeler,Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg, Lonely Planet,→ISBN:
      No other country has a brewing tradition as richly diverse as that of Belgium, with beers ranging from pleasant pale lagers to wild, winelike Flemishreds and lambics.
  6. (countable, informal, Australia) Ared kangaroo.
  7. (countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) Aredshank.
  8. (derogatory, offensive) AnAmerican Indian.
    Synonym:redskin
  9. (slang) The drugsecobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
    Synonyms:redbird,red devil
    • 1970, “Truckin'”, inAmerican Beauty, performed by Grateful Dead:
      What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? / She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same / Livin' onreds, vitamin C, and cocaine
    • 1971, Hunter S. Thompson,Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Harper Perennial, published2005, page202:
      The big market, these days, is in Downers.Reds and smack—Seconal and heroin—and a hellbroth of bad domestic grass sprayed with everything from arsenic to horse tranquillizers.
    • 1998,Jeffery Deaver,The Coffin Dancer, New York, NY:Pocket Books, published2021,→ISBN, page285:
      “Whatchu got, man?” / “Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.” / “Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?”
  10. (informal) Ared light(a traffic signal)
    • 1974, Tom Waits, “(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night”, inThe Heart of Saturday Night[2]:
      Stopping on thered, you're going on the green / Cause tonight will be like nothing you've ever seen / And you're barreling down the boulevard / You're looking for the heart of Saturday night
  11. (Ireland, UK, beverages, informal)Red lemonade
  12. (particle physics) One of the threecolor charges forquarks.
  13. (US, colloquial, uncountable)Chili con carne(usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
    • 1982,The Rotarian, volume140, number 1, page39:
      Houston visited a home in an early pioneer settlement where he was offered a bowl ofred. Houston eagerly took his first large spoonful. His eyes watering, he spat out his bite[]
  14. (informal) Theredfish orred drum,Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
    • 2013 November, Catch Cormier, “Sightcasting for redfish”, inLouisiana Sportsman[3]:
      The species Sciaenops ocellatus certainly isn’t lacking for nicknames.[] Clear water also favors sightcasting. Against the dark background of marsh mud, ared will appear like a pumpkin — big, orange and round.
  15. (slang, uncountable)Tomatoketchup.
    • 2016, Jon Bounds, Danny Smith,Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside:
      I squeeze somered out over my chips and feel guilty. Nothing is as English as Heinz ketchup in the sauce game, except perhaps HP.
Derived terms
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Terms derived fromred (noun)
Translations
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colour
socialist, communist
snooker: one of the 15 red balls
red winesee alsored wine
informal: redshanksee alsoredshank
derogatory: Amerindsee alsoAmerind
slang: secobarbitalsee alsosecobarbital
red lightsee alsored light
red lemonadesee alsored lemonade
particle physics: one of the three color charges for quarks
colloquial: chili con carnesee alsochili con carne
fishSciaenops ocellatussee alsored drum

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redsedit
Colors/Colours in English(layout ·text)
            red        orange            yellow            green            blue (incl.    indigo;
            cyan,teal,turquoise)
            purple /violet
        pink (including
        magenta)
        brown    white            gray/grey    black

References

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Etymology 2

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From the archaic verbrede.

Verb

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red

  1. (archaic)simplepast andpastparticiple ofrede

Etymology 3

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Verb

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red (third-person singular simple presentreds,present participleredding,simple past and past participleredded)

  1. Alternative spelling ofredd

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Bislama

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Etymology

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FromEnglishred.

Adjective

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red

  1. red

Danish

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red

  1. past ofride

Dutch

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red

  1. inflection ofredden:
    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
    3. imperative

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German

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red

  1. singularimperative ofreden

Italian

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Noun

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red

  1. a type of rice

Manx

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Etymology

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FromOld Irishrét.

Noun

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red m (genitive singularred,pluralreddyn)

  1. thing,object,item
    Cha dainkreddyn dy mie.
    Things didn't pan out well.
    Cha nel shen deyr son y leagh t'erreddyn nish.
    That's not dear as things go.
    Kanys tareddyn goll er?
    How are things?
    Son y chiedred, t'eh ro vie dy ve firrinagh.
    For one thing, it is too good to be true.
    Tareddyn couyral.
    Things are getting better.
    Tareddyn ennagh ayn nagh vel niart ain orroo.
    There are some things we cannot help.
    Ta shenred aitt.
    That's a curious thing.
    T'eh yn unred.
    It amounts to the same thing.
    T'eh çheet stiagh rish ynred elley.
    It falls in with the other thing.
    She'nred hene eh y traa shoh.
    It's the real thing this time.
    Va shen ynred cooie dy ghra.
    That was the appropriate thing to say.
  2. matter

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Englishrǣd, fromProto-West Germanic*rād, fromProto-Germanic*rēdaz.

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red (pluralredes)

  1. counsel,advice,recommendation
  2. persuasion,convincing
  3. agreement,permission,allowance
  4. decree,edict
  5. decision,will,purpose
  6. judgement, judicialdecision,opinion
  7. plan,strategy,programme,plot
  8. event,happening,occurrence
  9. benefit,boon,help
  10. deliberation,discussion
  11. wisdom
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Etymology 2

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FromOld Englishhrēod, fromProto-West Germanic*hreud.

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Noun

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red (pluralredes)

  1. reed,flax(plant)
  2. The stalk of a reed
  3. straw,thatching
  4. reedpen
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Etymology 3

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FromOld Englishrēad, fromProto-West Germanic*raud, fromProto-Germanic*raudaz, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁rowdʰós.

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red (comparativeredder,superlativereddest)

  1. red,crimson,scarlet (in color)
  2. redpigment
  3. reddened,dyedred
  4. blushing, red-faced
  5. bloody,blood-stained
  6. ruddy,rosy
  7. red-haired
  8. red-clothed,wearingred
  9. (metal)golden
  10. (alchemy) causing transmutation into gold
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Noun

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red

  1. red(colour)
  2. redpigment,vermillion,cinnabar
  3. (heraldry)red,gules(tincture)
  4. reddish orruddyskin
  5. reddisheyes oririses
  6. redfabric
  7. redwine
  8. blood
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Colors in Middle English ·coloures,hewes(layout ·text)
    whit    grey,hor    blak
            red;cremesyn,gernet            citrine,aumbre;broun,tawne            yelow,dorry,gul;canevas
            grasgrene            grene            
            plunket;ewage            asure,livid            blewe,blo,pers
            violet;inde            rose,murrey;purpel,purpur            claret
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Northern Kurdish

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red

  1. todisappear.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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red

  1. simplepast ofri
  2. simplepast ofride

Old English

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red m

  1. Alternative form ofræd

Polish

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red

  1. genitiveplural ofreda

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*rędъ.

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rȇd m (Cyrillic spellingре̑д)

  1. row
  2. (mathematics)series
    konvergentan redconvergent series
    divergentan reddivergent series
  3. queue
  4. order(of magnitude)
  5. order(arrangement, disposition)
  6. line(of customers)
  7. (chess)rank
  8. (religion)order
    franjevačkiredorder of Saint Francis of Assisi

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Declension ofred
singularplural
nominativerȇdrȅdovi
genitiverȇdarȅdōvā
dativerȇdurȅdovima
accusativerȇdrȅdove
vocativerȇderȅdovi
locativerȇdurȅdovima
instrumentalrȇdomrȅdovima

References

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  • red”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025

Slovene

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Slavic*rędъ.

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rẹ̑d inan

  1. order (arrangement, disposition)
Inflection
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Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in-ôv-
nom. sing.réd
gen. sing.réda
singulardualplural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
rédredôvaredôvi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
rédaredôvredôv
dative
(dajȃlnik)
réduredôvomaredôvom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
rédredôvaredôve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
réduredôvihredôvih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
rédomredôvomaredôvi
Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.réd
gen. sing.réda
singulardualplural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
rédrédarédi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
rédarédovrédov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
rédurédomarédom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
rédrédaréde
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
rédurédihrédih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
rédomrédomarédi

Etymology 2

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Noun

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rẹ̑d f

  1. swath (the track cut out by a scythe in mowing)
Inflection
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Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.réd
gen. sing.redí
singulardualplural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
rédredíredí
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
redíredíredí
dative
(dajȃlnik)
rédiredémaredém
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
rédredíredí
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
rédiredéhredéh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
redjóredémaredmí

Further reading

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  • red”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • red”, inTermania, Amebis
  • See also thegeneral references

Spanish

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FWOTD – 8 May 2013
SpanishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediaes

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Inherited fromOld Spanishred, fromLatinrēte(net). Cognate withEnglishrete.

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red f (pluralredes)

  1. (hunting, tools)web,mesh
  2. (fishing)net
    • 1911, Benito Pérez Galdós,De Cartago a Sagunto : 13:
      Si se consigue pescar a Dorregaray con cuarenta mil duretes, a Cástor Andéchaga con veinticinco mil, y a otros tales, habremos hecho más que cogiendo en lared a los bicharracos de menor cuantía.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
  3. spiderweb
    Synonyms:telaraña,tela de araña
  4. trap,snare
    Synonyms:trampa,cepo
  5. (communication, transport)net,network
    red de carreterashighwaynetwork
    red de radiodifusorasradio broadcastersnetwork
    red televisivaTV broadcastingnetwork
  6. (sports)net,goal
  7. (electricity)grid
    fuera de laredoff thegrid
  8. (informal, sometimes capitalized)Web,Internet
    • 2013 January 16, “España: al 74% le gustaría acceder por Red a su historial clínico”, inEl País[4]:
      La mayoría de la población (84%) accede a lared para temas relacionados con la sanidad.
      Most of the population (84%) accesses theweb for health-related topics.
    • 2021 January 29, Sara Rivas Moreno, quoting Paula González, “Las pymes montan la tienda en Instagram”, inEl País[5], Madrid,→ISSN:
      "Nunca hemos hecho una campaña ni hemos pagado por seguidores, pero como soy prehistórica de laRed, me une una relación de contacto y amistad con muchasinfluencers; de no ser así, no nos sacarían", puntualiza.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
  9. (in theplural)social networks
    Synonym:redes sociales

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Swedish

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red

  1. imperative ofreda
  2. pastindicative ofrida

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red (definite accusativereddi,pluralredler)

  1. Alternative form ofret(refusal, rejection)

Volapük

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Borrowed fromEnglishred.

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Noun

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red (nominative pluralreds)

  1. the colour red

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Declension ofred
singularplural
nominativeredreds
genitiveredaredas
dativerederedes
accusativerediredis
vocative1ored!oreds!
predicative2reduredus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Colors in Volapük ·köls(layout ·text)
    viet    ged    bläg
            red            rojan;braun            yelov
                        grün            
                                    blöv
            violät            purpur            redül

Yola

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishredden, fromOld Englishhreddan.

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red

  1. tosave
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page129, line11:
      In durk Ichred virst mee left-vooted shoe."
      In the dark Ihappened first on my left-footed shoe."

References

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  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, inJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[6], volume17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page129
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