rethe

• reth, reithe, retht (Scotland)

• IPA^(key): /riːð/

From Middle English reth, rethe, from Old English rēþe (“fierce, cruel, savage, severe, stern, austere, zealous, wild, dire”), from Proto-Germanic *rōþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey-, *rēy- (“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”).

rethe (comparative rether or more rethe, superlative rethest or most rethe)

1. (Now chiefly dialectal) (of persons) Fierce; cruel; savage; stern; zealous; ardent; keen.
2. (Now chiefly dialectal) (of things) Terrible; dreadful; severe.

• retheness

rethe (comparative rether or more rethe, superlative rethest or most rethe)

1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Furiously; violently; wildly.

• Ehret, Ether, Reeth, ether, theer, there, three

rethe

1. Alternative form of reth