ræding

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rādingu, equivalent to rǣdan +‎ -ing. Cognate with Old High German rātunga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈræː.dinɡ/, [ˈræː.diŋɡ]

Noun

rǣding f

1. reading
2. passage in a book, lesson
3. rule, government

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	rǣding	rǣdinga, rǣdinge
accusative	rǣdinge	rǣdinga, rǣdinge
genitive	rǣdinge	rǣdinga
dative	rǣdinge	rǣdingum

Derived terms

• bōcrǣding f (“book reading”)
• rǣdingbōc f (“lectionary”)
• rǣdinggrād m (“lectern steps”)
• rǣdingsċeamol m (“lectern”)

Descendants

• Middle English: redynge
  • English: reading
  • Scots: reding, reddin, reiding

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “rǣding”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.