rerd

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rerde, reryd, rearde, rewerd, rurde, rorde, reorde, ruerde

Etymology

From Old English reord, from Proto-Germanic *razdō.

Pronunciation

• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /rœrd/
• IPA^(key): /rɛːrd/

Noun

rerd

1. A sound of talking; heard speech; a voice.
2. A yelling or screeching sound; a yelp.
3. 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.