rede

Examples

• All

• The knight sought his father's rede before venturing into the battle.

• The Rede

  Blog text (27)

• Indeed, the Wiccan Rede is, "And you harm none, do what you will."

  Academic text (1997)

• First, let's tackle the "harm none" from the Wiccan Rede.

  Blog text (28)

• That phrase was introduced by British novelist C. P. Snow as the title of his 1959 Rede lecture at Cambridge University.

  Academic text (2003)

• Clark, Kenneth. "The Artist Growing Old." The Rede Lecture, 1970. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1972.

  Academic text (2009)

• It is used in direct opposition to the often quoted line from the published version of the Wiccan Rede, "Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill,

  Blog text (19)

• It is used in direct opposition to the often quoted line from the published version of the Wiccan Rede, "Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill,

  Blog text (19)

• It's been more than fifty years since British scientist and novelist C. P. Snow caused a stir with his famous Rede lecture of 1959 titled, "The Two Cultures."

  Academic text (2011)

• Owen published his major work on gorillas in the 1865 monograph given to Dickens and in his Rede lecture of May 1859.

  Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

G

guidance

vsrede

248 2.1

Help or advice that someone gives to decide what to do

is the same idea but feels archaic and literary

C

counsel

vsrede

132 4.4

Advice about what to do or which choice to make

is the same meaning but used in older or literary language

S

sage advice

vsrede

6 4.2

Helpful and careful words that show good sense

has the same wise sense but in archaic or literary usage

W

wise counsel

vsrede

3 4.6

Good advice from someone who has a lot of experience

is similar but mainly appears in older or poetic texts

Surface Forms

Etymology