rædan

Etymology
From a merger of two verbs, which came to be pronounced the same in the present tense and the infinitive due to regular sound change:
 * , from
 * , from.

The past tense form preserves the zero-grade reduplicated plural stem.

Verb

 * 1) to read
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
 * "ang"

- Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.


 * 1) to advise
 * 2) to guess
 * 3) to interpret, explain
 * 4) to decide
 * 1) to decide

Usage notes

 * The verb was originally strong class 7, but changed to weak class 1 in later Old English.
 * The reduplicated past tense forms, , were almost completely absent in West Saxon, mostly appearing in Anglian texts. Nonetheless, it was still more common to see the weak class 1 conjugation than the strong class 7 conjugation in Anglian.

Conjugation
Strong class 7 conjugation:

Weak class 1 conjugation: