# redd
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹɛd/
* Audio (US):(file)

### 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 *hradjaną and Middle English reden (“to clean up, clear”), from Old English ġerǣdan (“to put in order, arrange, prepare”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to arrange”). More at rid, ready.

#### Alternative forms

* red

#### Verb

redd (third-person singular simple present redds, present participle redding, simple past and past participle redd or redded)
* (obsolete) To free from entanglement.
* (obsolete) To free from embarrassment.
* (Scotland and Northern England) To fix boundaries.
* (Scotland and Northern England) To comb hair.
* (Scotland and Northern England) To separate combatants.
* (Scotland and Northern England) To settle, usually a quarrel.
* (Scotland and Northern England) To tidy up, clear away.

##### Derived terms

* outredd, outred
* redd up

##### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “redd”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### 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.

#### Alternative forms

* red

#### Verb

redd (third-person singular simple present redds, present participle redding, simple past and past participle redded)
* (transitive, Pennsylvania) To clean, tidy up, to put in order.
    I've got to redd the place before your mother gets back.

##### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “redd”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

redd (plural redds)
* 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 rede or read.

#### Verb

redd
* simple past and past participle of rede
* (obsolete) simple past and past participle of read
** The Works of John Knox, 1841
    Verrelie that which I have heard and redd in the woorde of God

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾɛdː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hræddr, from hræða (“frighten”).

#### Adjective

redd (neuter singular redd, definite singular and plural redde, comparative reddere, indefinite superlative reddest, definite superlative reddeste)
* frightened, afraid

##### Antonyms

* uredd

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

redd
* imperative of redde

### References

* “redd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hræddr, from hræða (“frighten”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛdː/

#### Adjective

redd (indefinite singular redd, definite singular and plural redde, comparative reddare, indefinite superlative reddast, definite superlative reddaste)
* frightened; afraid
* careful with; worried about

##### Synonyms

* (afraid): ottefull, fælen

##### Antonyms

* uredd

##### Related terms

* reddast

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

redd
* imperative of redda

### References

* “redd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* red

### Etymology

From Middle English redden, from Old English hreddan, from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną.

### Verb

redd (third-person singular simple present redds, present participle reddin, simple past redd, past participle redd)
* to free, relieve
* to clear, vacate
* to disentangle, unravel
* to comb
* to arrange, settle
* to fix, determine
* to tidy see modern Norwegian rydde, to tidy

## Swedish
### Noun

redd c
* a road (towards a harbour), a roadstead
    ligga på redden
       to ride towards the anchor in the road

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | redd | redds |
| singular | definite | redden | reddens |
| plural | indefinite | redder | redders |
| plural | definite | redderna | reddernas |

### Participle

redd
* past participle of reda

### References

* redd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Redd in Wessely's Swedish-English Dictionary (c. 1880s)