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- Proto-Indo-European*res-“to shout, speak”
- Proto-Germanic*rizdō
- Old Englishreord“voice, speech, language”
- Middle Englishrerde
- Englishreard
From Middle English rerde, rerd, from Old English reord (“voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Germanic *rizdō, *razdō (“voice, language, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *res- (“to shout, speak”). Cognate with Old High German rarta (“sound, voice, harmony”), Old Norse rǫdd (“voice, speech, song”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (razda, “tongue, speech, language, dialect”).
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reard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reard
“reard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reard. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reard.
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