Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
(of persons) Fierce; cruel; savage; stern; zealous; ardent; keen. · (of things) Terrible; dreadful; severe.
adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryFuriously; violently; wildly.
From Middle English reth, rethe, from Old English rēþe (“fierce, cruel, savage, severe, stern, austere, zealous, wild, dire”), from Proto-West Germanic *rōþī, from Proto-Germanic *rōþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to scream, shout, roar, bellow, bark, growl”). Cognate with Scots reithe, reythe, reth (“rethe”), Old High German ruod (“a roar”), Middle High German rüeden (“to be noisy”), Bavarian rüeden (“to be noisy, roar, be in heat”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionrethenm
- Inherited-form mentionrēþeang · fierce, cruel, savage, severe, stern, austere, zealous, wild, dire
- Inherited-form mention*rōþīgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*rōþijazgem-pro · wild
- Derivation mention*rey-ine-pro · to scream, shout, roar, bellow, bark, growl
- Cognate mentionreithesco
- Cognate mentionruodgoh · a roar
- Cognate mentionrüedengmh · to be noisy
- Cognate mentionrüedenbar · to be noisy, roar, be in heat
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