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rede /riːd /archaic noun [mass noun]Advice or counsel given by one person to another: what is your rede?...- Or the Wiccan rede, ‘And ye do no harm, do what thou will.’
- The law of threefold return was introduced in the Wiccan rede, developed ostensibly by Gardner and Valiente IIRC, and likely ghostwritten by Crowley.
- I know that a lot of Neo-Pagans abide by some kind of creed or rede.
verb [with object]1Advise (someone): [with object and infinitive]: therefore, my son, I rede thee stay at home...- For Wiccans and many, though not all, Neo-Pagans, the single, moral tagline usually redes (pun intended) ‘Do as ye will, an it harm none.’
2Interpret (a riddle or dream): the secret of Man’s being is still a riddle that he cannot rede OriginOld English rǣd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raad, German Rat. The verb is a variant of read, of the same origin. Rhymesaccede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, lead, mead, Mede, meed, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, plead, proceed, read, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, secede, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, weak-kneed, we'd, weed |