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See also: Reeden
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English reeden, reden, from Old English *hrēoden, *hrīeden (attested in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *hriudīn (“made of reed”), equivalent to reed + -en (“made of”). Cognate with West Frisian reiden (“made of reed”), Dutch rieten (“made of reed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]reeden (not comparable)
- (archaic, poetic) Made from reeds.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood.
References
[edit]- “reeden”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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