Reód

Old English Dictionary Entry

Reód

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: bleó-reód, reád. reod

Definitions

1 reód

adj. Red :-- Se ðe ǽror com, se wæs reód (rufus) and eall rúh, Gen. 25, 25. Ðonne ðú (the body) wǽre glæd and reód and gódes hiwes, ðonne wæs ic (the soul) blác and swýðe unrót, Wulfst. 140, 27 : L. E. I. prm. ; Th. ii. 398, 14. Ðá Moises hæfde gefaren ofer ða Reódan Sǽ, Ex. 15, 1. Hié wǽron sume reóde sume blace sume hwíte quaedam rubentibus scamis erant quaedam nigri et candidi coloris, Nar. 13, 17, [Icel. rjóðr.]

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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