Rede
Encyclopedia
Rede is an archaic word meaning, among other things, "counsel" and "advice." It is cognate with Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

 "Rede" and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 Rat/raten.

Today, the word Rede is most often used by Neopagans, especially by followers of Wicca
Wicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...

 and Ásatrú
Ásatrú
is a form of Germanic neopaganism which developed in the United States from the 1970s....

. Many use this word commonly to describe a friend in some places.

Notable Redes include:
  • The Wiccan Rede
    Wiccan Rede
    The Wiccan Rede is a statement that provides the key moral system in the Neopagan religion of Wicca and other related Witchcraft-based faiths. A common form of the Rede is An it harm none, do what ye will....

  • The Norse Rede of Honour


Rede is also a placename:
  • Rede
    Rede, Suffolk
    Rede is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 160....

    , a village in Suffolk
    Suffolk
    Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

    , England
  • River Rede
    River Rede
    The Rede is a river in Northumberland, England. The river rises on Carter Fell on the Anglo-Scottish border feeding Catcleugh Reservoir and joins the River North Tyne below the village of Redesmouth-See also:*Carter Bar*List of places in Northumberland...

    , a river in Northumberland
    Northumberland
    Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...

    , England
  • Réde
    Réde
    Réde is a village in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary.It was property of the Cseszneky, later of the Esterházy family.-External links:*...

    , a village in Hungary
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