English
Etymology 1
From OE. term|hreddan||to save, to deliver, recover, rescue|lang=ang < PG. *term|hradjan.
Alternative spellings
red
Verb
en-verb
- colloquial To put on order; to make tidy; generally with up.
#: ''to red up a house.
- colloquial To free from entanglement.
- colloquial To free from embarrassment.
- context|Scotland|and|Northern England To fix boundries.
- context|Scotland|and|Northern England To comb hair.
- context|Scotland|and|Northern England To seperate combatants.
- context|Scotland|and|Northern England To settle, usually a quarrel.
References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 2
ME. < MLG., compare Dutch term|redden|lang=nl.
Alternative spellings
red
Verb
en-verb
- context|transitive|Pennsylvania To clean, tidy up, to put in order.
#:I've got to redd up the place before your mother gets back.
References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 3
rfe
Noun
en-noun
- A spawning nest made by a fish.
#* 2007, Michael Klesius, Fishes' Riches, National Geographic (March 2007), 32,
#*: A female chinook salmon digs her redd, or nest, prior to spawning in Oregon's John Day River.
Etymology 4
From the archaic verb term|rede|to rede.
Verb
redd
- past of|rede
Swedish
Verb
redd
- sv-verb-form-pastpart|reda
io:redd
pl:redd
ru:redd
vi:redd
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