Rede

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Advice; counsel; suggestion. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns. There was none other remedy ne reed. Chaucer.

2. A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw. [Obs.] "This rede is rife." Spenser.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To advise or counsel. [Obs. or Scot.] I rede that our host here shall begin. Chaucer.

2. To interpret; to explain. [Obs.] My sweven [dream] rede aright. Chaucer.