reord

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈreord/

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

reord f

voice
speech, language

Declension

Declension of reord (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	reord	reorda, reorde
accusative	reorde	reorda, reorde
genitive	reorde	reorda
dative	reorde	reordum

Derived terms

reordberend

Descendants

English: reard
Scots: reird

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

rēd

Verb

reord

First-person singular preterite of rǣdan
Third-person singular preterite of rǣdan

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