Participles
| Present | rǣdende |
| Past | (ġe)rǣden; (ġe)rǣded |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | rǣde |
| 2nd sing. | rǣtst; rǣdest |
| 3rd sing. | rǣtt; rǣt; rǣdeþ |
| 1st plur. | rǣdaþ |
| 2nd plur. | rǣdaþ |
| 3rd plur. | rǣdaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | rēd; reord; rǣdde |
| 2nd sing. | rēde; reorde; rǣddest |
| 3rd sing. | rēd; reord; rǣdde |
| 1st plur. | rēdon; reordon; rǣddon |
| 2nd plur. | rēdon; reordon; rǣddon |
| 3rd plur. | rēdon; reordon; rǣddon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | rǣde |
| 2nd sing. | rǣde |
| 3rd sing. | rǣde |
| 1st plur. | rǣden |
| 2nd plur. | rǣden |
| 3rd plur. | rǣden |
Past
| 1st sing. | rēde; reorde; rǣdde |
| 2nd sing. | rēde; reorde; rǣdde |
| 3rd sing. | rēde; reorde; rǣdde |
| 1st plur. | rēden; reorden; rǣdden |
| 2nd plur. | rēden; reorden; rǣdden |
| 3rd plur. | rēden; reorden; rǣdden |
Verbs conjugated like 'rædan'
rædan,
Verbs similar to 'rædan'
arædan,
bædan,
brædan,
grædan,
lædan,
ræcan,
ræfan,
ræpan,
ræran,
ræsan,
Etymology
1. From a merger of two verbs, which came to be pronounced the same in the present tense and the infinitive due to regular sound change:
2. * Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“to advise”, strong verb)
3. * Proto-West Germanic *raidijan, from Proto-Germanic *raidijaną (“to make ready”, weak verb).
4. The past tense form reordon preserves the zero-grade reduplicated plural stem *re-rd-un. See: Proto-Germanic '
*rēdaną', Proto-Germanic '
*raidijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
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Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande. (It is not enough that you look at letters unless you also read them and understand the meaning.)
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swefn rǣdan (to interpret a dream)
Cognates
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