See Also: rede(1)(dictionary)
rede(2)(dictionary)
rede(3)(dictionary)

rede(1) (iou)



rede noun. [ri:d] arch.

Counsel, advice. Formerly also, help, remedy. OE.
R. Burns May you better reck the rede, Than ever did th' Adviser!
Decision, resolve; a plan, a scheme, a method. OE.
The faculty or act of deliberation; judgement, reason. OE.
a. A story, a narrative. LME.
Sir W. Scott Bid the gentles speed Who long have listened to my rede.
b. Speech. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.
c. Interpretation, explanation. rare. L19.
Comb.: redesman a counsellor, an adviser.
redeless adjective without counsel; esp. having no resource in a difficulty: OE.