rede

Definition

Help, advice, counsel.

Etymology

From Middle English red, rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz. Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd, Norwegian Bokmål råd. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish rádaid (“to speak, say, tell”). Doublet of rada.

Example Sentences

• "Ophelia: Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede."
• "When the Bull heard these words he knew the Ass to be his friend and thanked him, saying, "Right is thy rede""
• "‘Yet do not cast all hope away. Tomorrow is unknown. Rede oft is found at the rising of the Sun.’"