Reard

//ˈɹɪːd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A voice; a sound. dialectal, obsolete
  2. 2
    Fame, renown. dialectal, obsolete

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voice

Etymology

From Middle English rerde, rerd, from Old English reord (“voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Germanic *rizdō, *razdō (“voice, language, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *res- (“to shout, speak”). Cognate with Old High German rarta (“sound, voice, harmony”), Old Norse rǫdd (“voice, speech, song”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (razda, “tongue, speech, language, dialect”).

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