rerd
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rerde, reryd, rearde, rewerd, rurde, rorde, reorde, ruerde
Etymology
From Old English reord, from Proto-Germanic *razdō.
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /rœrd/
- IPA(key): /rɛːrd/
Noun
rerd
- A sound of talking; heard speech; a voice.
- A yelling or screeching sound; a yelp.
- A loud noise or clamour.
Descendants
- English: reard
- Scots: reird, rerde, rerd
References
- “rērd(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.