hreddan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to save, rescue
- to deliver, free; take away
- to recover
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (save, rescue, loosen, deliver, set free).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hradjaną
Gloss
save, rescue, loosen, deliver, set free
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- redd English
- rid English
- Rettung German
- erretten German
- retten German
- *hradjaną Proto-Germanic
- redden Middle English
- reden Middle English
- ridden Middle English
- *krotiti Proto-Slavic
- krotiti Serbo-Croatian
- кротити Serbo-Croatian
- hretten Old High German
- retten Old High German
- retten Middle High German
- *hraddjan gmw-pro
- *redden Old Dutch
- redden Middle Low German
- hreddian Old Saxon