reard
reard · reards
A voice; a soundA voice; a sound.
UK/ˈɹɪːd/US/ˈɹɪ(ə)ɹd/
Meaning
2 senses(dialectal, obsolete)A voice; a sound.
(dialectal, obsolete)Fame, renown.
Origin
From Middle English rerde, rerd, from Old English reord (“voice, speech, language”), fromFrom Middle English rerde, rerd, from Old English reord (“voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Germanic *rizdō, *razdō (“voice, language, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *res- (“to shout, speak”). Cognate with Old High German rarta (“sound, voice, harmony”), Old Norse rǫdd (“voice, speech, song”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (razda, “tongue, speech, language, dialect”).
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