rerde
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rerd, reryd
- rourde, rewerd, rurd, rurde, ruerde (West Midlands)
- rorde, reorde (early West Midlands)
- rearde (Kent)
- reord (Ormulum)
Etymology
From Old English reord, ġereord, from Proto-West Germanic *raʀdu. from Proto-Germanic *razdō.
The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms; forms without this reflect neuter ġereord (accusative ġereord) as well as apocope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈreːrd(ə)/
- (West Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈrøːrd(ə)/
Noun
rerde (uncountable) (poetic)
Descendants
References
- “rērd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 August 2018.