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▪ I. aread, arede, areed, v. arch.|əˈriːd|
Forms: 1 arédan, arǽdan, 2–3 areden, 3–9 arede, 6 areede, 6–7 arreed, 7–9 areed, 6–9 aread. pa. tense 1 arǽdde, 4 arad(de, 6–9 ared. pa. pple. 1 arǽded, arǽd, 6–9 ared, (9 areded).
[OE. arédan, WSax. arǽdan, f. a- prefix 1 out + rédan: see read. Cogn. w. OHG. irrâtan, mod.G. errathen, to guess, divine; orig. a strong vb., but already in OE. with weak inflexion: pa. tense arǽdde. Although aread is a derivative of read, yet having been more or less archaic for 300 years, it is found in modern writers in various ME. spellings: the regular conjugation is aˈread, aˈred, aˈred.]
I. Regular senses.
†1. trans. To determine by counsel; to decree.
c885K. ælfred Bæda iv. v. (Bosw.) Ðá dómas ðá ðe fram fæderum arǽdde and ᵹesette wǽron. Ibid. ii. xvii, [He] sende ᵹewrit, on þam he ᵹesette and arǽdde.
†2. To declare by supernatural counsel, oracularly; to divine, augur, soothsay, prophesy. Obs.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xxii. 64 Arǽd, hwylc ys se ðe þe slóh. c1175Lamb. Hom. 121 Hehten hine aredan hwa hit were þet hine smite. 1393Gower Conf. II. 158 He feigneth him to conne arede Of thing which afterward shuld falle. 1526Tindale Luke xxii. 64 Arede who it is that smoote the? 1587Golding De Mornay xxii. (1617) 368 Fauna whom the good huswiues call Fatua of Fate, that is to say, Destinie, because shee was wont to areede their fortunes. 1600Holland Livy i. xxxvi. 27 b, Come on Sir Soothsayer areed, and tell me by the flight of your birds, whether that may possiblie be done, which I now conceive in my mind.
†3. In a more general sense: To declare, make known, utter, tell (things unknown to others). Obs.
c885K. ælfred Boeth. xxiii, Ðá se Wisdom þis spell arǽd hæfde. c1300K. Alis. 5115 No man ne couthe areden The nombre bot the heuene kyng. 1613W. Browne Brit. Past. i. iii. (1772) I. 87 Sad swaine areade, What cause so great effects of grief hath wrought? 1622Wither in Farr S.P. (1848) 216 Areed Of whom thou learn'dst to make such songs as these. 1642H. More Song of Soul i. ii. lxv, Aread then Psittaco what sights these be.
4. To divine, guess, conjecture (things unknown to oneself). arch.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 1456 What it is, I leye I kanne arede. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 525/1 To geasse & arede vpon his dark ridles..which of these two eleccions he meaneth. 1796Southey Joan of Arc Wks. VII. 34 Rightly he ared the Maid's intent. 1847Barham Ingol. Leg. (1877) 373 Areed my counsel aright.
5. To divine the meaning of (obscure words), interpret (a dream), solve (a riddle or enigma). arch.
a1000Cædmon's Daniel (Gr.) 734 Ne mihton arǽdan men engles ǽrend-béc. c1315Shoreham 24 Hy that aredeth thyse redeles. a1300Cursor M. 4474, I shal arede wel þi sweuene. 1393Gower Conf. I. 25 The sweven..That Daniel anone arad. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour G ij b, They myȝt not arede a certayne deuynal. a1535More Wks. 552 (R.) Arede my riddle, what is that? 1654Gataker Disc. Apol. 28 We have need of some Oedipus, to aread us his riddles. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 348 So is thy dream areded.
†6. To interpret or solve (written symbols); to read. Obs.
c885K. ælfred Gregory's Past. Pref. 7 Ðeah moniᵹe cuðon Englisc ᵹewrít arǽdan. c1340Alisaunder 573 Let write euery worde..that more folke myght hit arede.
b. intr.
1205Lay. 22719 Her mon mai arede [1250 reade] of Arðure.
II. Later archaistic senses, formed on read.
7. trans. To counsel, advise.
1559Myrr. Mag., James I, xviii, I arede therfore all people to be wise. 1596Spenser F.Q. Introd., Me..the sacred Muse areeds. 1643Milton Divorce (1851) Introd. 5 Let me arreed him, not to be the foreman of any mis-judg'd opinion.
b. intr. or absol.
1599Bp. Hall Sat. vi. i. 69 Let him that hath nought, feare nought, I areed. 1763Churchill Poems I. 114 What cant be cur'd, So Donald right areeds, must be endur'd.
8. To decide, decree advisedly, adjudge. arch.
1593R. Harvey Philad. 1 We may best areede who is most credible. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. iii. 35 Thereby Sir Artegall did plaine areed That unto him the horse belong'd. 1863Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis I. 288 The king areads the monarchy to him that shall read the riddle of the ring.
▪ II. † aˈread, n. Obs.
Also in 6 arreede.
[f. prec. vb. after rede, reed n.]
Advice, counsel.
1590Lodge Euphues' Gold. Leg. in Halliwell Shaks. VI. 22 Follow mine arreede. 1601Earl Huntington i. iii. in Hazl. Dodsl. VIII. 116 Thus by my areed you shall provide. |