_To_ RED, REDE, _v. a._ To counsel, S.
A. S. _raed-an_, Isl. _rad-a_, id.
_Ritson._
~Rede~, ~Reide~, ~Rad~, _s._ Counsel, S.
_Burns._
~Will of rede~, destitute of counsel.
_Barbour._
A. S. Teut. _raed_, Isl. _rad_, id.
~Rede~, _adj._ Aware, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
~Redles~, _adj._ In a confused state.
_Wallace._
A. S. _raed-leas_, praeceps.
_To_ REDE, _v. a._ To determine one's fate.
A. S. _raed-an_, decernere.
_Houlate._
~Reid~, _s._ Fate, lot.
_Pal. Hon._
_To_ RED, REDE, READ, _v. a._ To explain; as, to _red a riddle_, or a _dream_, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
Su. G. _raad-a_, _red-a_, interpretari.
_To_ REDE, REID, _v. n._ To discourse.
Isl. Su. G. _raed-a_, loqui.
_Barbour._
~Rede~, _s._
1. Voice.
_Wallace._
2. Religious service.
_Houlate._
Isl. _roedd_, vox; _raeda_, sermo.
_To_ RED, _v. a._ To disentangle; as, _to red a ravell'd hesp_, to unravel yarn that is disordered; to _redd_, South E. id.
_Doug._
_To red the head_, or _hair_, to comb out the hair, S.
Su. G. _reda_, explicare, is used in both these senses.
_To_ RED, REDD, REDE, RID, _v. a._
1. To clear, to put in order; as, _to red the road_, to clear the way; _to red up_ one's self, to dress; to _red up_ a house, to put it in order; _to red marches_, to fix boundaries, also, to compose differences, S.
_Wyntown._
2. To part combatants; also, _to red a pley_, to settle a broil, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
~Redder~, ~Ridder~, _s._
1. One who endeavours to settle a dispute.
_Baillie._
2. One who settles a dispute by force of arms.
_Monro._
A. S. _ge-raed-ian_, Su. G. _red-a_, parare.
~Red~, ~Redd~, _s._
1. Clearance.