Lang Reedn.

Etymology: Probably < an unattested Norn compound (compare Old Icelandic langr long adj.¹ and Old Icelandic hríð snowstorm, period of bad weather, Norwegian ri, (Nynorsk) rid period of bad weather, onset of bad weather, illness, etc., Swedish regional rid onset of illness (cognate with Old English hrīð storm; probably < the same Germanic base as Old English hriðian to shake, tremble, have a fever: see note)); compare Old Icelandic langafasta Lent, lit. ‘long fast’.Old English hriðian is cognate with Middle Dutch rīden to shake, quiver (Dutch rijden , (now regional) ridden ), Old High German ridēn , rīdōn to tremble (Middle High German rīden ), as well as several nouns meaning ‘fever’: Old English hrið , Middle Dutch rēde (Dutch †ridde , †ritte , †rit , †rijde ), Old Saxon hrido (Middle Low German rēde , rēte , rīte , rit ), Old High German ritto , rito (Middle High German ritte , German (now archaic) Ritten , †Ritte , †Ritt ), all < the same Indo-European base as Early Irish crith , Old Welsh crit (Welsh cryd ), both in sense ‘action of trembling, fever’. In form Long Reed partly anglicized.